CBC British Columbia homepagerrors - January 2014

During January 2014 I detected a few errors on the CBC British Columbia homepage. Here they are. First, on the second, there shouldn't have been anything added to Vancouver. Then,

on the seventh there was something missing from what should have been breakthrough. Then,

on the twentieth there was a missing space between 31 and grey, and is should have been it. Then,

on the twenty-eighth, mortgages was missing its first G. Then,

when I clicked to the article - "Mixer mortages make Vancouver home ownership possible" on CBC News online on January 28, 2014 - the error was also present in the headline. Click an image to enlarge it.

His writing career should be in Jeopardy!

The writer of this article - "Mayor Rob Ford’s crack scandal featured on Jeopardy" (where's the ! at the end of Jeopardy!?) on Yahoo! Canada News on January 24, 2014 - didn't do his homework to find out the true value of the clue. I don't know the true value either, but I know it wasn't $80 because the minimum value for the first round is $200 and the minimum value for the second round is $400. Then,

the article also included this tweet from a Toronto City Councillor. $500? Also wrong. In the first round the clues in each category are worth $200, $400, $600, $800, and $1,000. In the second round the clues are worth $400, $800, $1,200, $1,600, and $2,000. And what's up with the apostrophe between Toronto and the question mark? In related news,

the final sentence of a different article about Rob Ford - "Toronto Mayor Rob Ford arrives in Vancouver" on CBC News online on January 31, 2014 - contains a misspelling of what should be continued. Click an image to enlarge it.

Commas and ans

In "Deadly highway claims 8 lives in 11 days" on CBC News online on January 9, 2014, there was a misplaced comma in the article's third paragraph. The comma after killed should be moved to immediately after six. Also, note the an that immediately precedes SUV. Then,

later in the article there were three error-riddled paragraphs (three perrorgraphs?) in a row. In the first one, the second stuck should be struck. In the second one, where should be were. In the third one, remember how it was an SUV earlier in the article? Well, now it's a SUV, which is wrong. Also, there's no period at the end of that sentence. Click an image to enlarge it.

Was this written during a brain freeze?

This is the headline and, more importantly, the subheadline for "Missing man Adam Moore sought in northwestern B.C." on CBC News online on January 3, 2014. Please note both Dec. 19 and 7-11. Then,

this is the article's third sentence/paragraph. Your assignment: compare and contrast the date and the store name, in regards to what is in the subheadline. Papers should be between 8,000-10,000 words and are due first thing tomorrow morning. Click an image to enlarge it.

[The subheadline has now been updated to match the information in the third sentence. Oh, CBC - you and your subheadline shenanigans.]

The cost of inaccuracies

The subheadline for "BC Ferries hiking fares 3.5% to cover rising fuel costs" on CBC News online on January 2, 2014, states that the cost to BC Ferries for every 1 cent per litre increase in the price of fuel is "$12M per year", but

the article's third sentence claims the cost is $1.2M. I don't know which figure is correct and both figures remain the same. Click an image to enlarge it.

CBC British Columbia homepagerrors - December 2013

There were only a couple of errors detected on the CBC British Columbia homepage during December 2013. The first one was seen on December 9: that question mark should have been after the closing quotation mark. Then,

on December 21 there was a misspelling of what should have been marijuana. It's wrong in the headline but correct in the article description. Then,

the actual headline itself unsurprisingly has the same error (from "Medical marijuna users concerned over prices as Canada's market expands" on CBC News online on December 21, 2013). Then,

in the article, posses should be possess - unless I'm misreading this and the writer is actually writing about selling medicinal marijuana to various groups of people. Then,

later in the article, somebody apparently said says something. Click an image to enlarge it.

CBC also has issues

I'm neither a journalist nor a resident of Surrey, but I know that Surrey's mayor is Dianne Watts. Also, unless the homicide issue was addressed only in November, it's probably more accurate to write, "Mayor Dianna Dianne Watts launched a task force in November to address the issue". From "Woman dies in fall from 26th floor of Surrey highrise" on CBC News online on January 2, 2014. Click the image to enlarge it.

My favoritie post about baby's

The subheadline (of "What were the top baby names for 2012?" on CBC News online on December 30, 2013) has a terrible spelling of what should be favourites. I would've overlooked the missing U and written that it should be favorites, but

the article's second sentence has the Canadian spelling! Maybe the U in the subheadline migrated east to mingle with the T and the E, and also changed into an I to avoid being spotted. Then,

on the sidebar is this link. Baby's most chosen names? What? I don't know what that means. I'll click the link to see what is meant..

Oh FFS. Is this really the heading of a webpage on the provincial government's website? Really?! Yes, folks, it really is. See it for yourself by clicking here. Click an image to enlarge it.

Down and not up

Is that supposed to be Alberts remained down and not up? Nah, that would be redundant - maybe Alberts remained down and out? And what's with the space both before and after the comma? From "Hansen, Lack shine as Canucks blank Flames" on CBC Sports online on December 29, 2013. Click the image to enlarge it.

Twas no-L season

There was a megal-deal in "The Brick Boxing Day discount reversal angers customers" on CBC News online on December 29, 2013. Whether that's better or worse than a mega-deal is a mystery to me. Click the image to enlarge it.

Heads should roll due to these subheadlines

These three subheadlines, all from CBC News, were seen within a week of each other. First up, from "Lions Bay mayor wants more barriers on Sea to Sky highway" on CBC News online on November 24, 2013, there is this brutal misspelling of what should be kilometres. The article has been updated at least once and the error is still there. Then,

this is from "B.C. entrepreneur invents energy-saving sensor" on CBC News online on November 26, 2013, and that's not electricity. Finally,

the subheadline for "Manhunt launched on North Shore after man shot and killed" on CBC News online on November 30, 2013, included a T-less traffic. Three errors resulting in three nonwords on display in subheadlines. Where's your head at, CBC? Click an image to enlarge it.

It's time for a game!

Let's play "Pin the Words into the Sentence" with this sentence from "Woman dead after suspicious Coquitlam apartment fire" on CBC News online on November 23, 2013. Here, take "was transported" and put it where you think it should go. I won't blindfold you. Then,

can anyone help me make sense of this? I think a fix could be made by putting "the night" or "a few hours" between spent and taking, but I don't know which one is more factually correct. Maybe something else is better. Click an image to enlarge it.

Committing sins

This is the subheadline for "Vancouver cabbie viciously attacked over $6.60 fare" on CBC News online on November 22, 2013. Interesting spelling of the suspect's last name, I thought. Then,

in the article I saw a different last name. A more common last name. I don't know which is correct but I'm hoping it's the subheadline one. Click an image to enlarge it.

Investigate this

It's a nonword and it's in the subheadline of "Rogers customer takes stand on 'punitive' cancellation fees" on CBC News online on November 15, 2013. The article has been updated at least once since it was posted, yet invesigation remains. Click the image to enlarge it.

It was my understanding that there would be no math

This is the subheadline of "Tri-Cities find success in fight against homelessness" on CBC News online on November 15, 2013. Nothing wrong here - just want to point out the word fewer. Then,

this is found in the article's second sentence, and fewer has become less. Booooooo. Then,

the writer somehow thinks that 206 is nearly double 154. Oooookay. Click an image to enlarge it. Also, the term "Tri-Cities" is used five times in the article, and not once is it said which cities are included in the Tri-Cities. Here are two of the 20 comments below the article:

• It would be nice if you could identify the "Tri-Cities." Perhaps the locals know but other people ...? I gather Coquitlam is one. What are the others?
• I've often wondered what the "Tri-Cities" were, and I still don't know!

This article have an error

This is the beginning of the photo caption at the top of the article - "Grouse Mountain stabbing suspect arrested in North Vancouver" on CBC News online on November 13, 2013 - and

this is the beginning of the article's first sentence. C'mon, CBC, is it has or have? Have some consistency. Click an image to enlarge it.

It's it's but it's supposed to be its

There's one apostrophe too many in the third/final sentence of this very short article ("Costco's poppy policy still unclear" on CBC News online on November 7, 2013), which was apparently too long to proofread. Click the image to enlarge it.

Use your PIN number to take out $40 dollars from the ATM machine

This is the first sentence of "Winning $50M Lotto Max tickets sold in Western Canada" on CBC News online on November 2, 2013. Using the dollar sign ($) means not having to use the word dollar. Click the image to enlarge it.

Here's en error

If you're a journalist and you want to make a statement with your misspelling, but you don't want to be so bold as to put it in a headline, why not try a subheadline?! The correct spelling of Tsawwassen is, well, Tsawwassen. Click the image to enlarge it. From "1,000 dolphins swim beside ferry off Gulf Islands" on CBC News online on November 1, 2013.

CBC British Columbia homepagerrors - October 2013

Let's turn our attention to the errors seen on the CBC BC homepage during October 2013 so let's not waste any time. First, on the first, there was a misspelling of Vancouver. Then,

on October 8 there was a missing R in what should have been through. I clicked to the article and

the first sentence of said article ("Kitsilano Park bike lane approved by Vancouver Park Board" on CBC News online on October 8, 2013) currently has the same though R-less error. It also has a different spelling of Hadden/Haddon park. Then,

three paragraphs later there is yet another spelling of the aforementioned park. The park was named three times - once as Hadden, once as Haddon, and once as Haddem. The correct spelling is the first one, which means the correct one was the one on the homepage. The two variations in the article itself are both wrong, and are both still present. Good one, CBC. Then,

on October 23 the first has should have been was. I hope you're sitting down,

because clicking to the article ("Trucker warned police before fatal Langley crash" on CBC News online on October 23, 2013) led me to a well of incompetence. The subheadline says the warning occurred several hours before the crash. Also, you can see that at the time of this screen capture - as well as the following few - the article had been updated at least once. Then,

the photo caption at the top of the article says the crash happened on Tuesday. Remember that. Then,

the first sentence has been corrected from what was on the homepage, but the second sentence stated that the trucker was driving through the area in the early morning hours on Saturday. That'd be between midnight and 5am on Saturday, right? Who would call that "several hours" before something that happened on Tuesday? Then,

the trucker called immediately after he drove past the danger, and the time was 12:11 p.m. - really?! So, he drove past in the early morning hours and a call he made at 12:11 p.m. is "immediately after"? What? Then,

the crash apparently happened at 3:50 a.m. - again, the call was "several hours" before? Surely the call was made at 12:11 a.m., right? That would make it both early morning hours and several hours before the crash. I still don't get the Tuesday/Saturday difference though. Then,

a few hours later the article corrected the time of the phone call to 12:11 a.m. - well, not exactly. You'll see. Then,

in a previous article ("Construction crew allegedly ignored warnings in Langley crash" on CBC News online on October 22, 2013), the crash is said to have taken place in 3:50 a.m. on a Tuesday. I don't disagree with this, but include this image because of the inclusion of "Tuesday", which a similar paragraph above doesn't have. Then,

a couple of days later a related article appeared ("Police confirm 911 call was made hours before fatal crash" on CBC News online on October 25, 2013). Remember how the call was made at 12:11 p.m. a.m.? Turns out it was actually made at 11:11 p.m. on Monday night. Not exactly early morning hours on Saturday. FFS, CBC - didn't everything of consequence happen on Monday and Tuesday? Leave Saturday out of it. Then,

back to errors on the homepage unrelated to that dog's breakfast of a story! On October 24, I think the tourist is from Britain. I came to this conclusion because Britian isn't a thing. Then,

on October 26 there was a doubling up of been. Then,

on October 30 there was a two-fer. In the top story Ladner is misspelled, and in the bottom story either receiving or responding to should have been jettisoned. Phew, that's it! Click an image to enlarge it.