Waldo

Trouble Breathing
2003-10-28 21:05:58 (UTC)

Aaahhhhhggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well,

The one thing that turns editors like myself into
alcoholics has finally happened to me....a glaring error
in copy I wrote...

Now, I've made stupid mistakes before, like writing a
headline in the wee hours of the morning that winds up
like this:

"Pubic meeting turns ugly" -- should've been "Public"
(that actually ran)

or , getting facts turned around in a story -- all of which
warrant correction and apologies.

But I did the second cardinal sin of journalism -- I
misspelled someone's name throughout an entire
story.....and the COVER story nonetheless....our
November cover now stares at me as a glowing
example of my mistake...

To make matters worse, no one noticed it until the man
whose name I butchered emailed me himself...he liked
the story, but was "very disappointed" that I spelled his
name wrong..

Damage control time...we promised a correction.

No one here is punishing me for it, but I am punishing
myself....I know they say it happens to everyone, but that
still doesn't make it any better....

LOL, Paul, my editor recalled one time where he
accidentally killed someone in print---writing that
someone was dead when they weren't....ok, I think
that's worse...and Jim has made some doozies in
recent months -- most of which we caught though...

It's just that an error of this nature isn't like me -- and it
kinda takes the shine off the 15 journalism awards I've
won...or maybe it just puts things back in
perspective...who knows..

I'm ranting now....enough




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