BBC site sub-editors in animal house
article written by Heather.
These are all real headlines from today’s BBC website. (These are pretty horrific news items, which makes the headlines seem even more crass. And my mockery even more so, I guess.)
Ape academic shot dead in Ecuador
(In your face, creationists. This proves that apes are so close to us that they even have their own universities.)
Turkey plane crashes in Holland
(Flightless birds forced to develop aviation skills, to escape from Bernard Matthews clutches before next Christmas.)
Tiger attacks trigger expert plea
(In court today, a ballistics technician’s claim to be “Not guilty” was destroyed by a forceful wildcat prosecutor)
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Late amendment, the BBC heading now says “Turkish plane crash in Amsterdam ” thus making an apparent liar of me. But, I will choose to take the credit instead.
Andrew
wrote:
Apparent liar no more!
http://www.newssniffer.co.uk/articles/201283/diff/3/4
This comment was written at February 28th, 2009 at 16:41,
Heather
wrote:
Andrew
Wahay. Well spotted. Thank you.
This comment was written at February 28th, 2009 at 16:52,
TW
wrote:
That is a very interesting weblink – it is entertaining to see how the BBC revises its news as the day progresses.
Obviously the urge to get something, anything, published quickly far outweighs the drive to check what drivel you are writing.
This comment was written at February 28th, 2009 at 18:35,
Alun
wrote:
Not BBC, but amusing anyway: http://bit.ly/c7Eyi
This comment was written at March 2nd, 2009 at 21:47,