Top News Blooper of the Year

[Lonewuff]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/30/bird-poops-in-reporters-_n_84039.html

[jorawro]

Now that was funny ---LMAO. And Canadian too (eh)

[DaveDragon]

Hey, thats what you get for talking shit about birds:rotf:

[LTPenguin]

Or you can read some real news bloopers from 2007 at RegretTheError.com.

http://www.regrettheerror.com/regret-articles/crunks-07-the-year-in-media-errors-and-corrections

Among my favorites:

Sunday Times (UK):
An article about Lord Lambton (“Lord Louche, sex king of Chiantishire”, News Review, January 7) falsely stated that his son Ned (now Lord Durham) and daughter Catherine held a party at Lord Lambton’s villa, Cetinale, in 1997, which degenerated into such an orgy that Lord Lambton banned them from Cetinale for years. In fact, Lord Durham does not have a sister called Catherine (that is the name of his former wife), there has not been any orgiastic party of any kind and Lord Lambton did not ban him (or Catherine) from Cetinale at all. We apologise sincerely to Lord Durham for the hurt and embarrassment caused.

Portland Press Herald:
A story on Page B4 on Wednesday about foraging for edible mushrooms contained a photo of amanita muscaria, which is a poisonous and hallucinogenic mushroom. It was a copy editor’s error.

Daily Telegraph (UK):
APOLOGY: In Friday’s article on Liz Hurley’s wedding it was wrongly stated that the actress is holding a pheasant shoot on the Sunday after the ceremony. Game shooting is of course illegal on Sundays and the pheasant season ended on Feb 1. We apologise for the error and accept that if any shooting is to be done it will be by the paparazzi, who have no season and do not observe the Sabbath.

The Advocate (Louisiana):
Oops! Check servings for crawfish boil
Mary Nola and Glenn Sotile know their crawfish eating friends. When they read Dr. Charlie Daniel’s Boiled Crawfish recipe in the “Alphabet Soup” column April 19, they said something was wrong.
The recipe, which called for a 40- to 45-pound sack of crawfish, was listed as serving a crowd of 50 to 60. Sotile said “maybe the crowd is small children or New York City residents.”

Toronto Star:
Wednesday’s story about Canada’s Walk of Fame inductees incorrectly referred to “the late Morley Safer.” Safer is alive and continues to file stories as a 60 Minutes correspondent. The Star regrets the error.