CBC British Columbia homepagerrors - May 2012

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.

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An interesting spin on the usual hyphens-in-ages error. Normally, 30 years old shouldn't have any hyphens, but in this case the error is that there should not be an S at the end of year. From "Man shot near Port Moody Rec Centre: report" on The Vancouver Sun online on May 30, 2012. Then,

the article was updated and the error fixed (and the man's age changed). But along came other issues. In the second sentence, I think the best fix is to insert the word and between night and has. Also, as you can see above, in the article's first three paragraphs we are told more than once how old the victim was, that there were shots fired, and that he died in hospital. Click an 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.

Two too many

It's really not that difficult: When an age is written as 25 years old, there are no hyphens. When it's written as a 25-year-old, then there are hyphens. Simple. From "Controversial gadget returns to schools" in 24 hours Vancouver on May 28, 2012.

2+2=?

It's poor quality, but it's a photo of a bottom-of-screen television caption so what are ya gonna do? It's not timely, but again, what are ya gonna do? Sue me? Please don't sue me. A little while ago, the Devils had beaten the Rangers 4-1 to tie their best-of-seven series at 2-2. What's two plus two? Four. That game was game number four. Not five. Four. From CityTV's Breakfast Television on May 22, 2012. Click the image to enlarge it.

Wrong and wrong. And wrong.

Above is a screen capture from the video that accompanies the article "Denning season prompts Stanley Park coyote warning" on CBC News online on May 21, 2012. The CBC reporter (on the left) correctly says the name of the SPES representative he's with, but the caption has it wicked wrong. His name is Dan Straker. Dan, not Ben. Straker, not Staker. However, the reporter isn't out of the woods yet: in the video he talks about the coyotes giving birth to kits. No, the babies of coyotes are pups. Click the image to enlarge it.

Yahooooooooooooooo! May 2012

 The start of June 2012 means it's time for a look back at May 2012 and all the errors that the Yahoo! Canada homepage assaulted our eyeballs with during that month. First, from May 1, 26 years old should not have included any hyphens. Then,

 again on May 1, it wasn't Dustin and Moskovitz (Dustin Moskovitz is one person), so are should have been is. Then,

 on May 5 Yahoo! couldn't decide if it should be do's and don'ts or dos and don'ts, so went with one of each. Then,

 on May 11 your should have been you. Then,

on May 14, even if vie had been spelled correctly, this would not have made sense. It should have read either Men who will be vying for her or Men who will vie for her. Then,

 again on May 14, including both the dollar sign ($) and the word dollar was redundant. Then,

 on May 15 there was a creative spelling of unique. Then,

from May 23, how does Dancing With the Stars get initialised as DTWS? I suppose one has to undergo Yahoo! training to find out. Then,

 again from May 23, someone added a T to Skechers. Then,

 again from May 23, someone added an L to Motorola. Then,

 again from May 23 (not a good day at Yahoo!), I saw that Seinfeld got mistreated. Then,

 on May 27 the hyphen was placed incorrectly in Shiloh Jolie-Pitt's name. Then,

 there was an extra E in fragrance on May 28. Then,

 on May 29 there was an extra to. Finally,

 on May 31 there was a misspelled receives - twice. I still don't understand how nonwords can regularly appear on Yahoo!'s homepage. It's ridiculous. Anyway, that concludes this collection of errors. Click an image to enlarge it.

A how-not-to exhibit

The folks at 24 hours Vancouver provide an exampkle of how not to write an article and a photo caption. Above is the photo caption from the article "NDP backs sex exhibit" on May 18, 2012. First museum is misspelled, and then exhibition in the exhibit's title is misspelled. But wait, there's more.

In the article itself, the name of the museum isn't Science and Technology Museum (as it is in the photo caption), and the exhibit doesn't have exhibition in the name.

At a loss

Where to start? I suppose the headline is as good a place as any. Looks to me as though the a should not be there. From "Bad boys more appealing to women at a certain times of the month, study shows" on Yahoo! Canada Shine on May 18, 2012. Then,

the article's opening two paragraphs both have errors. In the first one, the word to should be inserted between attracted and guys. In the second one, either it's should be inserted between apparently and your, or that should be removed. Click an image to enlarge it.

Nicholas Carlson is actually a very poor proofreader

This is the start of "Mark Zuckerberg's Hidden Talent: Firing People" on Yahoo! Canada Finance on May 14, 2012. There must be a word or two hidden in the article's second sentence. Click the image to enlarge it.

J-J-J-J-Jamie!

The victim's name: Jamie Kehoe. Jjust one J in the name.  From the photo caption in "No charges in Surrey bus stabbing death" on CBC News online on May 10, 2012. Click the image to enlarge it.

I'm losing mine

This is a paragraph from a letter that was sent home from my son's preschool on May 1, 2012. In the third sentence, patients well should be patience while. Two consecutive words produce two errors. Click the image to enlarge it.

Dropping E!

Is it Froese or is it Frose? I don't know, and neither does the writer of "Kamloops man faces dangerous offender declaration" on CBC News online on May 1, 2012. Click the image to enlarge it.

Yahooooooooo! April 2012

 Errors. The Yahoo! Canada homepage. April 2012. Let's go. On April 4, 900 years old should not have had any hyphens. None. Zero. Then,

 later that same day, department received one T too many. Then,

 again later that same day, of should have been off. Then,

 on April 12, the hyphen in Julia Louis-Dreyfus is not - repeat, not - in the correct place. Then,

  later that same day, Jimmy Buffett's last name was short a T. Then,

 after clicking to the article ("Jimmy Buffet to replace ailing Eddie Vedder in May 3 Jazz Fest lineup" on Yahoo! Canada Music on April 11, 2012), I saw that the headline was also wrong, despite the article itself getting it right in the very first paragraph! For shame, Associated Press and Canadian Press. Then,

again later that same day (April 12), there was another nonword on the homepage. When searching for siezes on dictionary.com, the first suggestion is suezes. The second suggestion is sizes. There are eight suggestions for actual words and seizes is not one of them! Then,

on April 19, there was a misspelling of Denis Leary's first name. And,

yup, the article ("Dennis Leary's Dick Clark tweets raise eyebrows" on Yahoo! Canada News on April 19, 2012) had/has the same error, despite the name being correct in the article's first sentence! Sound familiar? Smh. Then,

on April 20, why did the writer leave the Y out of Trayvon's name (in the smaller font)? Also, does it seem to you, as it did to me, that it was the judge who directly addressed the teen's mourning parents? I checked the article, and it was the accused shooter who did the addressing. Kinda misleading there, Yahoo! writer. Finally,

on April 25, I think the first the should have been then. Done. Click an image to enlarge it.