Saturday, September 27, 2008

guest-stars; ONMI; Sarah Jessica Kennedy; more no's than yes's; Sarah Parker Kennedy

-- "24 seconds with Jessica Parker Kennedy" in Vancouver 24 Hours, Thursday September 25 2008

Prepare yourselves. Maybe you should be sitting. The trouble begins in the photo's caption. The phrase guest stars shouldn't have a hyphen, and it's OMNI, not ONMI. The article subject's name is correct in the caption, and the headline, but then incorrect in the opening sentence. How does that happen? I'm guessing the writer had Sarah Jessica Parker on the mind. As you can see, the initials used in the article are correct. Then, we have more no's than yes's instead of more nos than yeses.

But wait, it gets even better. In the subsequent edition of Vancouver 24 Hours, Friday September 26 2008, is this:


The actress was never mistakenly referred to as Sarah Parker Kennedy! Will the readers get a For The Record for For The Record?

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