There were a lot of errors on
the CBC British Columbia homepage last month, so let's not waste any time. Above, from May 4,
plunging should have been
plunged. Then,
I clicked to the article ("
Hang-glider pilot's memory card recovered" on CBC News on May 4, 2012) and found a sentence in which
though should have been
through. Then,
later on May 4, there was a two-fer. On top, there was a misspelling of Victoria, and on bottom,
women should have been
woman. Then,
on May 11 the nonword
persence should have been
presence. A simple spell check would have caught that. Then,
on May 13 there was a doubling of
beat. It was first-come, first-served, so destroy the second one, please. Then,
on May 15
Pentacostal should have been
Pentecostal, and
exploitation was missing its second T. Then,
after clicking to the article ("
Former B.C. pastor charged with sexual exploitation" on CBC News online on May 15, 2012), surely
had should be
has. And I don't know what
on to is supposed to mean, but I suggest replacing those two words with
about. Then,
on May 16 there was an extra word (bye,
by!), and a missing hyphen in
Vancouver-area. The errors are still on display in
the article's first paragraph. Then,
on May 21 the second
a should not have been present. It's still present in
the article's first sentence. Then,
on May 22 readers were subjected to a horrible sentence. First,
mainlnd's should have been
Mainland's. Second,
commutyer should have been
commuter. Third,
Pacfic should have been
Pacific. Horrible. Then,
on May 23
oceanographer was missing its starting letter. Then,
again on May 23,
demonstrated was missing its first T. CBC has to do better at using spell check, or proofreading, or both. Then,
on May 24 I was debating whether or not to give a pass to the incorrectly capitalized AirCare. Then I noticed 2104. That is one hella long phase out. Or it's supposed to be 2014. Which one seems more likely? Then,
on May 25 the
the before Robert Pickton should not have been there, and what happened to the part after
and? Finally,
and also on May 25, the first
for should not have been there. So, May 2012 was a bad month, CBC. Want to drink away the memories? Okay, sure. Here's to June, and the start of summer. Click an image to enlarge it.