The Year in Media Mistakes, Hoaxes, and Corrections

The best journalistic screwups of 2012.

In one of the more entertaining best-of lists to appear at the tail end of 2012, Poynter looks back at the year in media mishaps, from this correction in The Australian…

Colonel Jehlani did not say: "It's not like 25 years ago. I was killing everybody." In fact, he said: "It's not like 25 years ago I was killing everybody. At that time too we tried not to have civilian casualties."

…to this bit of venting in The Rayne Independent that accidentally made it into print:

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Comments

[Whiterun Guard]

The biggest mistake was making Lucy leave.

[$park?]

And the only winning move it not to play.

[$park?]

*is not to play. Fuckity fuck.

[Auric Demonocles]

EDIT BUTTON!

[Auric Demonocles]

Oh, the alt-text we used to have.

Proposal: Lucy is the next addition to the drinking game?

[hamilton]

I think that would invite too many tears and rending of garments. Best to keep it upbeat.

[R C Dean]

too many tears and rending of garments

But enough about Warty's social life.

[Auric Demonocles]

Things were a lot more upbeat when Lucy was in charge... of alt-text.

[Rasilio]

Why did Lucy leave?

I missed a couple of days on here because I was sick and all I saw when I came back was that she did.

[Steve G]

I still 'laugh out load' at "All (up) In (my snatch)"

[Eduard van Haalen]

I laugh out loud at "laugh out load."