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.

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 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.

CBC British Columbia homepagerrors - August & September 2013

It's time for a recap of the errors seen on the CBC BC homepage, and you're in luck! What you have in front of you is two months worth of errors wrapped up in one delicious post (but please don't try to eat your computer). First, on August 11 it was reported that there was a crash involving a cruise ship full of police officers. The huge news is that there's a cruise that visits Prince George (not the royal baby), because that's a remarkable feat when you consider how far that city is from the ocean. Then,

on August 22 there was the redundant use of both a dollar sign and the word dollars. Then,

that homepage sentence is still alive and well as the article's first sentence. ("'I can't believe my eyes' says Burnaby lottery winner" on CBC News online on August 22, 2013.)  Three short paragraphs later, there's a number that should be numbers and there's a number that shouldn't have had the word million after it. Then,

on August 30 there was a my that should have been by and a missing storm that should have been between lightning and last. Then,

on September 3 there should have been a been between have and working, and there shouldn't have been a space between games and the comma that followed it. Then,

on September 9 the word sex was missing from between non-consensual and with. Then,

on September 14 targetting (yet another nonword on a homepage) should have been targeting. Then,

on September 23 there was another nonword. Crikey. Cricitism should have been criticism. Then,

after clicking to the article ("Nanaimo newspaper letter draws First Nation's cricitism" on CBC News online on September 23, 2013), I saw that the headline was exactly the same. That obnoxious headline deserves all the criticism (C-R-I-T-I-C-I-S-M) everyone can muster. Nonwords on homepages, nonwords in headlines - nobody behind the scenes who cares? As you can see in the image, below the headline, the article was updated at least once after posting, yet the glaring error remained. Finally,

on September 26 there was a repeated the between to and governments. Click an image to enlarge it.

CBC British Columbia homepagerrors - July 2013

Greetings! Welcome to this very short summary of errors found on the CBC BC homepage during July 2013. First, on July 10 an should have been a, and why is the Y at the end of evaluation? I clicked to the article ("Champix evaluation wasn't suppressed, health minister says" on CBC News online on July 10, 2013) and

in the opening paragraph the Y thing was fixed but the an thing wasn't (and still isn't). Then,

on July 11 each of the three main stories had an error in the teaser: the top one is missing a word (voted should be between committee and 10), the middle one should read either has been sentenced or was sentenced, and there is one too many thes in the bottom one. Done! Told you it'd be short. Hey, that's not what I meant. Click an image to enlarge it.

CBC British Columbia homepagerrors - May 2013

Here are the errors from the CBC British Columbia homepage during May 2013. For the first 19 days no errors were detected, but on May 20 prevents shouldn't have had that S. Then,

on May 22 there must've been three cars involved in this crash, right? It's a confusing way for the writer to have worded it, but what else could another other car mean? Then,

on May 29 identity should have been identify, and - you may want to be seated when I tell you this - kittens are cats. Shocking, I know. That CBC homepage sentence is also the first sentence of the linked-to article ("Tortured cat videos earn B.C. man 17-month sentence" on CBC News online on May 29, 2013), and later in the article,

there was a doubling up of man. Then,

also on May 29, it's clear that no spell check was used in the making of this sentence, because the misspelled avenue would have been fixed. Click an image to enlarge it.

Proofreading kills errors

This misspelling of disease appeared on the CBC British Columbia homepage on April 14, 2013.Then,

later that same day, the nonword was featured in a same-but-different way.

CBC British Columbia homepagerrors - March 2013

Here we are in a new month, looking back at an old month (March 2013) with a batch of new errors (from the CBC British Columbia homepage). Let's get to it. On March 3, it was Gastown once but not twice. Then,

on March 9, losing in hour's sleep on night in the spring should have been losing an hour's sleep one night in the spring. Then,

on March 12 the is and the second in both shouldn't have been there, and riot shouldn't have been capitalized. Clicking to that article,

this is how the first sentence once looked (at "Olympic hopeful boxer gets 45 days for Stanley Cup riot" on CBC News online on March 12, 2013). Now the is is gone, but the rest is the same. Then,

on March 13 the word for was uncalled for. That's all! Click an image to enlarge it.