-- "Swift too young to be top entertainer: Judd" in Vancouver 24 hours on November 13, 2009
How in the world could Taylor Swift have hosted a show I've never heard of (have you heard of "Saturday Night Life"? If so, is it any good?) on the very same night she hosted the long-running "Saturday Night Live"? Also, she made history by being the youngest artist - singular - to win entertainer of the year. It's not Taylor & Swift - she's just one individual.
-- "Yesterday's poll" in Vancouver 24 hours on November 13, 2009
It's another case of Vancouver 24 hours attempting to confuse readers with mismatched colors.
-- "Vancouver ski hills open early" on CBC News online on November 13, 2009
How 'bout more than half a metre of snow and how 'bout jettisoning on from the final sentence?
-- "Speeding train derails in western India, killing 9 killed, injuring more than 80" on Yahoo! Canada News on November 14, 2009
If you don't have time to proofread the entire article, at least proofread the frickin' headline.
The short blurb "Beer Goodness" in Vancouver 24 hours yesterday managed two errors. First of all, the region is the Okanagan, eh. Second of all, the street that Darby's Pub is on is Macdonald, according to the City of Vancouver. I call Google Street View as my witness:
When I saw the name "Delores" in a Vancouver 24 hours article ("Very superstitious") yesterday, I thought it an interesting name with an interesting spelling. But after that one (mis)spelling, her name became "Dolores" throughout the rest of the article:
Maybe she declined to give the correct spelling of her first name. Here are some other variations the writer could have used: Doloros, Deleres, Deloros, Doleros, Doloris, etc.
-- "Top 5 places to take the kids to dine out" in Vancouver 24 hours on November 13, 2009
Similarly, the writing in 24 hours is journalistically innovative.
-- "Television" in Vancouver 24 hours on November 13, 2009
After my last reporting of George's mistreatment, 24 hours had corrected his last name to an -los ending on at least two occasions. Unfortunately, they somehow managed to revert back to their original misspelling.
-- "JR Furniture advertisement" in Vancouver 24 hours on November 13, 2009
No interest for six months? Great! But, um, two questions for ya. First, what are paymens? Second, will I have to make any payments in the first six months?
-- "Jobs go begging in Waterloo, Ont., home of RIM, while some live on streets" on Yahoo! Canada News on November 11, 2009
But it's also about using apostrophes every time they are necessary, not just 50% of the time. Click the image to enlarge it.
Hey, Vancouver 24 hours - does this writer ever get proofread? Just look at her very first sentence (the first two words!) from today's article, "It's a SADD time of year". It's that's time of the year? Holy shit. Best opening to an article ever. Bravo. Surprisingly, after that atrocious beginning there were only two more errors the rest of the way:
Compare the second half of the above sentence to my revised version: there is no shortage of reminders of this blessed month-long celebration. Mine is better, yes? I have some spare time for proofreading, 24 hours, so feel free to contact me.
-- "Friday the 13th" in Vancouver 24 hours on November 13, 2009
I don't see how the earlier information about mirrors leads one to the conclusion that breaking a window shatters your future. Should window be mirror? If so, that is a mother of a typo.
-- "Despite her struggles, Top Chef's Jen is a cut above" in Vancouver 24 hours on November 13, 2009
Two weeks after the previous one, the writer makes another error while writing about Amazing Race. For shame! Can you spot the error?
-- "Circus in town" in Vancouver 24 hours on November 13, 2009
Considering the amount of errors seen daily in Vancouver 24 hours, it must be a constant circus in the newsroom. It makes sense if you think about it: The writers are distracted and really, who can blame them for not looking up the proper spelling of hula hoops when there's a bear circling the room on a tricycle?
The above capture is from the Vancouver 24 hours homepage yesterday. It's either has now and then falls to or have now and then fall to. The error was then printed in the article "Bumpy road for Vancouver" in today's 24 hours:
And as of this sentence being written, the error can be seen in the online article "Canucks' road woes continue in Hockeytown":
