A casualty of war and poor subediting

A casualty of war and poor subediting August 25, 2010

Posted by Olivia McDowell in Spellcheck, The News.
Tags: Headlines, News, online news, Proofreading, smh, sydney morning herald, Typo
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How to compound the tragedy of a sad-news story: Lesson #1.

SMH front page typo - Ausstralian soldier killed

Leave a typographical error in the homepage headline.

Class dismissed.

(Today’s lesson was brought to you by The Sydney Morning Herald.)

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