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.

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.

At The Atlantic Wire, there are no rules

Above is the opening paragraph in "Egyptian Photographer May Have Captured His Own Death During Protests" on Yahoo! Canada News (via The Atlantic Wire) on July 10, 2013. The first sentence is fine, but then there's the second sentence: the word the should be inserted between is and ending, soldier is misspelled as solider - twice! - and abruptly gets outrageously mangled to become abrpublty. Then,

in the fourth/final paragraph, there are two cases of soliders instead of soldiers. For the entire article there are two cases of solider and two cases of soliders, and zero cases of soldier and zero cases of soldiers. You're batting a thousand there, Dashiell Bennett, which would normally be great but it's for the wrong team. Also, is should be inserted between it and still, Mulsim should be Muslim, and breakup should be broken up to become break up. Click an image to enlarge it.

24 hours Vancouverrors - April & May 2013

It's been a while since errors from the pages of 24 hours Vancouver have been featured here, and it's not because those pages have seen perfect writing; it's because I've been accumulating a whole bunch and now it's time to share them. First up, from "Predicting big things from emotional leader Kesler in the playoffs" on April 23, is the above mess. I think it can be solved by removing the is, but don't hold me to that. A couple of hyphens, in full-speed and power-move, would also help. Then,

in "Millennials + managers = meltdowns!" on May 6, gets contains an apostrophe and it absolutely should not contain an apostrophe. Then,

in the photo caption for "Pill bottles debut at advance polls" on May 9, prescription was misspelled. That was on page 4,

and on page 6, in the photo caption for "Riot couple avoids jail time" on May 9, sentenced was misspelled. Then,

in "Hader latest castmemeber to announce SNL departure" on May 15, there was a blatant misspelling in the headline. How was that missed?! Not only is castmemeber not a word, neither is castmember. It should be cast member. Then,

in "Modern thrives on relatability" on May 22, Cam is not Jay's son on Modern Family. Mitchell is Jay's son, and Cam is Mitchell's partner. Good effort there, writer. Then,

later in the same article, it was actually Cam who returned to teaching. Good effort again there, writer. Then,
 

on the same page as those Modern Family errors is this fun alternative spelling of "Gangnam Style" by Psy, which should also be in quotation marks instead of italicized. Click an image to enlarge it.

Yahooooooooo! July 2012

July 2012 is over. Let's look back at some of the errors that were featured on the Yahoo! Canada homepage during that month. The first half of July was overwhelmingly sunny and hot in these parts, so not much time was spent on the computer. But then the clouds and rain came, which bring us to July 20, when there should have been a period after apt to indicate it was an abbreviation for apartment - after all, apt is an entirely different word. Then,

also on July 20, there shouldn't have been a space after the comma in 30,000. Then,

on July 22 Nordstrums should have been Nordstroms, though I feel the unpluralized Nordstrom would have been even better. Then,

on July 23 an should have been a, because reporter definitely does not start with a vowel sound. Then,

also on July 23, the a before Britain should not have been there, because there is only one Britain. Then,

on July 24 the apostrophe was misplaced in what should have been Dragons' Den. Then,

also on July 24, there needed to be an indicator of possession (you know, like an apostrophe) at the end of James Holmes's name - see, just like that. Then,

also on July 24, there was a laughable attempt at spelling victims. I see an extra I! Then,

on July 31 there was a laughably horrible attempt at spelling Zach Galifianakis's last name. The first I was missing and the last I got changed to an A. That is totally rdaculous. Then,

I clicked to that article ("Rob Ford shares political advice with Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis" on Yahoo! Canada News on July 30, 2012) and, in the first sentence, noticed another missing possession indicator after someone's name. It should read, Given Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's recent track record. Thanks for reading. Click an image to enlarge it.

24 hours Vancouverrors - July 2012

This post is a collection of the errors I detected in the 24 hours Vancouver newspaper and on the 24 hours Vancouver website during July 2012. Starting things off, on July 6 (in "Katy Perry: Part of Me") captures should have been capture. Then,

also on July 6, due should have been do (in "'Caps moving on up"). Then,

on July 7 (in "Are we being dumb with smartphones" online), Blackberry should be BlackBerry. Respect the camel case. Then,

later in the same article, it's still incorrectly capitalized, and now it's also incorrectly pluralized. It should be BlackBerrys. Then,

on July 16 the headline (of "17 injured by lightning at Ontario Ribfest") has the correct spelling of lightning. But in the article, both attempts at lightning are seen as lighting. Also, the final paragraph has a space inserted in what should be they, which is amusingly obvious when listening to the audio of it. Finally,
 

on July 27 there was a sneak peak occurrence (in "Perry sets sights on comeback"). I'm still waiting for sneek peek. I don't understand why sneak peak has quotation marks around it. Thanks for reading. Click an image to enlarge it.

An I for an I is an I too many

In the above image's three paragraphs (from "Cartoonist says Enbridge spoof pulled under pressure" on CBC News online on June 26, 2012), the Vancouver Province editor's last name is written as Moriarity twice and as Moriarty twice. Who's the CBC editor that okayed that? Then,

the correct Postmedia somehow becomes post media in the same sentence! Then,

someone botched the image here. Lest you think his identity is being protected, his name is right there in the photo caption and you can see him and hear him in the video posted at the start of the article. So that's just a goof. Click an image to enlarge it.

Condensed badness

This article ("The F stands for fighting" in Metronews Vancouver on November 21, 2011) starts out on the wrong foot with a homophonic error: they're should be their. Then, everyday should be separated into every day both times. Then, The Washington Post should either be written in italics or feature quotation marks. Finally, is the bandmate's name Sky Blu or Sky Blue? It can't be both.

Please, someone take the proofreading lead

There's an extra ago by in this final sentence (from "Racoon's death from leghold trap sparks call for ban" on CBC News online on August 23, 2011). Also, that space between traps and the period should not be there.

CBC British Columbia homepagerrors

It is time, once again, for more errors detected on the CBC British Columbia homepage. First up, from July 19, 2011, MLAs should not have an apostrophe, and having both the dollar sign ($) and the word dollars in $14 million dollars is redundant. Then,

after clicking to the article ("B.C. MLA's ring up $14M in costs and expenses" on CBC News online on July 19, 2011), the headline has the same apostrophe abuse, and the first paragraph not only has same redundancy, it also has an extra word: of before according. Later in the article,

there needs to be a comma after Fraser-Nicola, and there shouldn't be a space after the dollar sign in $58,000. Also, opposition in both sentences should be capitalized. Then,

the article's final sentence is all kinds of funky. Is that really a direct quote? If so, couldn't it have been cleaned up a bit? Not changed, just edited for clarity by maybe omitting some words. But, based on the incorrect an parliamentary and the shortening of what should be recently, I doubt it is an actual quote - more likely it's the writer having problems. What a horrible way to end an article. Back to the homepage,

on July 20, 2011, this article teaser only makes sense if giving is a misspelling of given. Then,

on July 24, 2011, there was a misspelling of Saturday. Two days later,

on July 26, 2011, An B.C. should be A B.C., ("easy as 1, 2, 3, simple as do re mi") and,

after clicking to the article ("B.C.'s Avatar Grove needs park status, say environmentalists" on CBC News online on July 26, 2011), the opening sentence contains the same error. However, the photo caption above the opening sentence contains a couple of additional errors: dubed should be dubbed and knarliest should be gnarliest. All three errors - at the very start of the article! - were still present after the article was updated at least once. And fiiiiinally,

this teaser on July 27, 2011, (also word-for-word the first sentence in "Campbell River father arrested after son's death" on CBC News online on July 27, 2011) featured a screw-up of seven-year-old boy. Click an image to enlarge it.

Climbing + combining

Wall Climbining? Really? And that large white space to the left of the main text - all the other ads have an image there. Where's yours? From a sponsored sidebar ad on Facebook on March 16, 2011.

No editors afoot

I was all excited to read about a car that was able to steal something. Not just anything mind you, but something as outrageous as a foot. Unfortunately, the space between a and foot in the article's headline should not have existed and I suffered a serious letdown. From "Car thieves a foot" in 24 hours Vancouver on December 17, 2010.

Never planning to proofread

This writer (of "Ultimatums seldom have cred" in today's 24 hours Vancouver) loses credibility every time errors appear in her work, which is alarmingly often. I don't understand why there are huge empty spaces after the two justs. Also, planning is short an N.

An extra-scary sentence

There is no space in joystick (except when written incorrectly). I don't know what bottons are, because it's a nonword everywhere I look it up. The writer (of "Hi-tech Halloween" in yesterday's 24 hours Vancouver) might have meant to write buttons. Also, there should be a hyphen in extra-scary touch.