Whoops! Some "pressing" errors! Mistakes in the press

Just a few examples of blunders and weirdness from the press.

Errors in the press. Some are as a result of errors by a journalist, some by typesetters and some are genuine news stories or adverts that seems to defy all logic or reason. 

Here are just ten samples from my collection:- 

"From the South China Morning Post 

 IN THE COURTS 

 Facts hold up case." 

(Don't they always?) 

"Nottingham Evening Post 

 Violence - Judge hits Out" 

(Ouch! Sub-editors 1 Journalist 0) 

"The Luton News 

Wanted. Stage staff. Sex immaterial, but an advantage." 

(Yes, I'd imagine it would be!) 

"Leamington Spa Courier 

 Bus moans: MP to see for himself." 

A prime example of the sub-editors art. And shows a fine ability to render even the most innocuous sentence into a surreal event in a parallel universe. 

The following is a genuine advert from the Daily News, Dar es Salaam 

"GOATS! 

 On a special occasion, 

 Something special counts. 

 -A goat for a cake on your wedding counts. 

 -For a bite during parties, a goat counts. 

  -Enjoy with your family to slaughter a goat on a weekend. 

  GET ONE TODAY. 

 The Tanzanian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Building, Morogroo Road, Dar es Salaam." 

(This is a genuine advert! How on earth could the building owned by the Tanzanian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals sell goats for slaughter?) 

A report in the British Daily Express pointed out the following stunning information: By 1980 there would be a million alcoholics. "And most of them would be men and women." 

(This is an awesome sentence. Just awesome. "Most of them would be men and women." Well, I'd guess they would be, at that.) 

And there was an advert for a knife-thrower's assistant which said: "Unexpected vacancy." (I really do not think that a comment is required, here!) 

"Kent and Sussex Courier 

 Police found drunk in shop window." 

(Were some police officers found drunk in a shop window? Or did some police officers find a man who was drunk, in a shop window? That pesky sub-editor again!) 

"The Spectator 

  It does not help that the book is full if misprints and spelling mistakes." 

(The only word to fit the above item is "hubris", I think.) 

Unknown paper 

 "Hell to pay if vicars were to go on strike." 

(Was this a sub-editors feeble attempt at humour? We'll probably never know!)