amNY Watch: Don’t Leave Me Hangin!
February 20, 2008 – 9:59 amGreat job on the headline on page 28 of today’s amNewYork:
Seriously, how do they miss these mistakes? Do they have a spiteful copy editor who wants me to make this a daily feature?
Flashback: amNY Watch: Don’t Leave Me Hangin! (11/2/06)
11 Responses
Maybe they are simply encouraging people to change how they approach making a roux.
By Ben K. on Feb 20, 2008
*snickers* The editors name is on the very top of the page. It would be interesting to send her a letter about this.. see if you get any response.
Seriously.. this is a H.S. newspaper type error.
By Dana on Feb 20, 2008
okay the contest to come up with the wittiest completion of “rou” in the comments is on!
My submission - “I bet they were going to say ‘Multitask your rouflaquettes.’ That’s french for sideburns.”
I win! I win!
By Chris on Feb 20, 2008
Maybe they want people to multitask a traditional Italian roulade?
By Clinton on Feb 20, 2008
That goes far beyond a missed comma or an erroneous semi-colon. That just makes the paper look aw-
By Arjewtino on Feb 20, 2008
I love the AM New York! One of my favorite things is catching all the spelling and/or grammatical errors each day. It’s almost as fun as the Sudoku!
By Sheryl on Feb 20, 2008
Multitask your roulette!!
Duh.
By irish on Feb 20, 2008
They want you to make a daily feature because they want the publicity!
Multi-task your rouge and eyeliner. (It’s a beauty article, obviously.)
By brookLyn gaL on Feb 20, 2008
Multitask your rousing game of water polo.
It’s friggin obvious!
By beej on Feb 20, 2008
Multitask your roundtable, the one with the knights.
By ryan on Feb 20, 2008
take it from someone who worked at a newspaper. you can edit a page, write the headline, print it out, get it proofed, close the page and send it on to the printer, and something happens in between those last two steps that causes that. i think it’s caused by designing the page on a PC and having the printer open it using a Mac.
sure, the readers don’t care WHY it happens, but i’d bet my balls it wasn’t editor error.
By lozo on Feb 21, 2008