Fox News needs a copy editor — or, perhaps, a photo editor — to keep it from making a whopper of a mistake like this one.
That photo of Sarah Palin up in the top right corner? That’s not Sarah Palin. That’s Tina Fey in one of her performances as Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live.
Ouch. Thanks to Paul Revere Jared Keller of the Atlantic for tweeting about this earlier today.
Find stories about this at Mediaite and at Salon.
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You know who else needs copy editors?
Local TV news operations. Chicago’s WMAQ-TV in particular. And Harrisburg’s Fox43 TV news. And other local TV news operations. And Martha Stewart’s TV operation. And Baseball jersey manufacturers. And T-shirt designers. And Georgetown University. And Kansas State University. And the New York Jets, the Minnesota Vikings, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Washington Nationals (boy, do they need a copy editor). And the National Hockey League. And Fox Sports. And college athletic department ticket offices. And the Virginia general assembly. And college alumni magazines. And pharmacies. And the makers of Sudafed. And Borders bookstore. And government agencies and political candidates. And Tea Party candidates. And city and county Boards of Elections. And the state of Pennsylvania. And the U.S. Postal Service. And South African traffic cops. And road paving contractors. And billboard companies. And sign painters. And Home Depot and manufacturers of “hoodies.” And rubber stamp designers. And restaurants, breakfast joints, Chinese restaurants and cake decorators. And drive-in movie theater managers. And South Africa’s New Age and Sunday Independent newspapers. And Dublin’s Sunday Business Post. And newspapers in the U.K. And the Washington Post, the New York Times, the New York Post, Newsday, the Chicago Sun-Times (Hey! A repeat offender!), the Rochester, N.Y., Democrat & Chronicle, the Missoula, Mont., Missoulian, the Amarillo (Texas) Globe News, the Waynesboro News Virginian, the Virginian-Pilot, the Green Bay Press-Gazette, the Carbondale, Ill., Southern Illinoisian, and Time magazine. And Mann’s Jeweler’s Accent magazine. And CNN and CNN Money and Fox News and German news channel N24. And Google News’ ‘bots.
Do you mean SARAH Palin? Maybe YOU need a copy editor haha :)
Sorry, I couldn’t resist…I really enjoy your “Who else needs a copy editor” series. Keep spreading the word that we are important!
Oh, I most DEFINITELY need a copy editor. Which is why I spend so much time advocating for them.
It really shook me up, a few years ago, when papers started cutting copy editing positions. I don’t understand the concept of cutting quality control in a business that’s built upon the tenet of accuracy.
From time to time, I get very snippy messages from folks correcting me on a typo or something. But I am NOT a copy editor, nor have I ever worked as a copy editor. Nor am I qualified to be a copy editor. I always loved the fact that I had a copy desk backing me up, keeping me from looking like an illiterate fool. That’s the one thing I miss about being a blogger: I have no copy desk.
At least you were nice about it. Thanks much…