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.

Yahooooooooooooooooooooo! December 2013

Happy New Year! It's 2014 and we're looking back. More specifically, we're looking back to December 2013 and the errors that were seen on the Yahoo! Canada homepage. First, on December 1, the question mark should have been after the closing quotation mark. Then,

on December 5 the words say and ever should have been swapped. Then,

also on December 5, surely - based on context - leader's should have been leader. Then,

on December 8 there was an important lesson regarding proofreading. Then,

also on December 8, there was an I missing from what should have been competitive. Then,

on December 11 there was this misspelling of heist. It's another nonword Yahoo! - where is your mind? Then,

on December 15 there was another nonword with this misspelling of cleared. Then,

there was a second nonword on December 15 with this misspelling of selfless. Then,

there was a third nonword on December 15 with this misspelling of portraits. Then,

there was a fourth(!) nonword on December 15 with this misspelling of decade. 12/15, Yahoo! - never forget. Then,

on December 17 there was this misspelling of midwife. Then,

on December 18 I puzzled over what "an absent minded father airport" is. Then,

on December 22 on should have been one. Then,

on December 26 form should have been from. Then,

on December 28 there was this absolute nonsense. First of all, Yahoo! writer, score does not mean what you think it means. Second of all, I think the rest of the sentence can be fixed by changing an to on and moving it to between marks and their. Then,

on December 29 there was this misspelling of Redskins. Then,

also on December 29, there was this misspelling of rules - resulting in another nonword! Then,

on December 30 should have went should have been should have gone. Then,

in the corresponding article ("Whoopsie! Chelsea Handler Injures Herself Skiing (but Jokes About It)" on Yahoo! Canada omg! on December 30, 2013), these were the final two paragraphs. The final sentence of the penultimate paragraph is missing at least one word. The final sentence of the final paragraph has a made which should be may. Then,

on December 31 there was this misspelling of what should have been Antarctica. Then,

also on December 31, there was this dog's breakfast. In my mind, terribly should have been terrible and favs should have been faves, but I don't know what to make of with plenty of with. A little help? That's all for this time. Click an image to enlarge it.

Yahooo! January 2013

January 2013 was a light month for errors on the Yahoo! Canada homepage, but some were detected. First up, on January 22 someone screwed up the order of the Dancing with the Stars acronym. Then,

on January 23, I'm told that I could do worse than 19 litres per kilometre, which is pretttttty bad itself. Then,

on January 31, the word of was missing from between sea and reports. Also, both lip-syncing and lip-sync have hyphens, but

the headline of the Beyonce article ("Beyonce Admits She Lip Synced at Inauguration" on Yahoo! Canada omg! on January 31, 2013) doesn't have a hyphen. Click an image to enlarge it.

Who article this wrote?

I find it amazing that this error - play's last game should be game's last play - wasn't noticed. The error is in the article's sixth sentence. What makes it extra amazing is that it is an Associated Press article with two names (two names!) at the top. From "Vegas books: $300M+ changed hands with NFL call" on Yahoo! News on September 25, 2012. Click the image to enlarge it.

Proofread! You CAN do it!

The initials NHI and ELT (for not handed in and elite athlete, respectively) both made sense to me. But CAN for chose not to attempt didn't make sense. So I clicked the link included in the sentence and discovered, as I had suspected, that CAN should be CNA. From "Edmonton teacher suspended for giving zero grades to students who deserve zeros" on The Georgia Straight online on June 1, 2012. Click the image to enlarge it.

CBC British Columbia homepagerrors - March 2012

Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready? Ready for a collection of the errors I found on the CBC British Columbia homepage during March 2012? Yes, you say? Okay, let's begin. First up, from March 16, teacher got repeated. Then,

on March 20 there was a misspelled heavy and a misspelled Hope. Then,

after clicking to that last teaser's article ("Snow closes section of B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway" on CBC News online on March 20, 2012), I found a first sentence in which heavy and Hope were correct, but Merritt - which was fine on the homepage - was missing a T. Then,

on March 26 the homepage's top story included incorrect wording: has the quit party should have been has quit the party. Then,

on March 27 I was confused by what was meant by in British C.C. at the end of the sentence. But,

after clicking to the article ("RCMP face sexual harassment class-action suit" on CBC News online on March 27, 2012), it was made clear. Though I don't understand how British C.C. got past the eyes of anybody. Then,

on March 30, lead should have been led. Then,

when I clicked to that article ("RCMP regret dropped child sex abuse charges" on CBC News online on March 30, 2012), I see that the first sentence is almost identical to the homepage, except led is now correct! However, Turpel-Lafond is introduced to readers in the article's second sentence, and then has an E added to the end of her name in the very next sentence. Click an image to enlarge it.

An unusual error

The name of the player who was suspended for elbowing Daniel Sedin is Duncan Keith. From the photo caption at the top of "Canucks' coach confirms Daniel Sedin has concussion" on CBC Sports online on March 26, 2012. Click the image to enlarge it.

CBC British Columbia homepagerrors

Here now are a few more errors that were detected on the CBC British Columbia homepage. All the homepage errors were repeated in the associated article's first sentence. First up, I saw a misspelled condition on August 3, 2011. Then,

on August 10, 2011, I think the word used should have been used here, right after the word hours. Then,

on August 18, 2011, the word is was missing from between she and going. Then,

on August 19, 2011, YouTube was capitalized correctly half the time, and I think the words potentially and a should have swapped places. Then,

on August 22, 2011, hims should have been S-less. Also, why was it road rage driver (without a hyphen) but road-rage incident (with a hyphen)? When I clicked to - and read - the article ("Road rage driver pins B.C. man against car" on CBC News online on August 22, 2011),

the word he should have been in existence between said and was. Then,

on August 25, 2011, the first new should have been spotted and removed. In the article itself ("Increasing painkiller use alarms B.C. expert" on CBC News online on August 25, 2011),

near the end there is a sudden capitalization issue affecting Vancouver and

i (which should be me but don't blame the writer - s/he is quoting a speaker, who happens to be a university professor). Then,

on August 27, 2011, an should be a. When it comes to the associated articles, all the first sentences have been fixed, except this one - see for yourself: "B.C. boating accident kills Edmonton girl" on CBC News online. Click an image to enlarge it.

DE blames CBC's carelessness

First things first, the original headline of this article - "BC Ferries losses rise as passengers drop" on CBC News online on August 18, 2011 - had the word drop instead of dwindle; I guess CBC realized that talking about passengers dropping in association with ferries wasn't a good connection. "Man overboard!" Whereas the headline correctly has BC Ferries, the article opens with B.C. Ferries. Then,

a couple of swaps are in order: 2011/10 should be 2010/11 and says recent the drop should be says the recent drop and I think the second sentence could be restructured to have less ands and then it would flow better. Then,

what are risking fares? Are they anything like rising fares? Finally,

in the article's penultimate sentence, it should be dismissed. Click an image to enlarge it.