Frankly, I’d rather not hear today from the design editor of the Gazette of Charleston, W.Va. Especially since he’s a graduate of West Virginia University. And after the way his ‘Eers embarrassed my Clemson Tigers in last night’s Orange Bowl.
Yet, Kyle Slagle writes anyway, offering his gracious condolences and pointing out:
Did you know Michigan put up 70 points on Clemson last night?
Me either.
This isn’t just a typo, this is a complete brainfart. That’s the Michigan logo on the lower left side of the screen. Michigan, of course, played in Tuesday night’s Sugar Bowl, defeating Virginia Tech with a field goal in overtime.
The picture is from the Scott Van Pelt show today on ESPN. Obviously.
Meanwhile, Kurt Cunningham of the Times of Northwest Indiana sends us this screencap of ESPN’s home page last night, from the second quarter — just as things began to turn ugly for my Tigers.
Kurt writes:
I think they mean bowl, not bow.
I don’t know, man. Perhaps they did mean “Orange Bow.” Especially given the way Clemson was playing.
Or maybe it’s another typo.
And these come after the item I showed you yesterday. Which contained five ESPN errors — three onscreen and two on the web site — from over the past few weeks. For a total of seven separate errors over the past 48 days.
And those are just the ones we’ve caught.
Seriously, ESPN. Clemson needs a defensive coordinator. And you guys need a copy editor. Desperately.
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UPDATE: 8:40 p.m.
Man. Three errors by ESPN regarding the Orange Bowl. Making eight errors over the past 48 days.
Give a listen…
Thanks again to Kyle Slagle for yet another tip…
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You know who else needs a copy editor?
Local TV news operations. Chicago’s WMAQ-TV in particular. And Harrisburg’s Fox43 TV news. And Local 15 News in Mobile, Ala. And WBAL-TV in Baltimore. And Fox2Now in St. Louis. And KTLA channel 5 in Los Angeles. And Charlotte’s WBTV. And KXAN-TV of Austin. And Huntsville’s WAFF-TV. And other local TV news operations. And CBS local media. And the web operation for DC101 radio. And the Huffington Post. And CNN and CNN Money and CNN mobile and Fox News (and Fox News again)(and Fox News yet again)(and again!)(and again!)(and yet again!) and ABC News and the BBC and German news channel N24. And Dagsrevyen, the evening news broadcast of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corp. And Martha Stewart’s TV operation. And the Disney Channel. And creators of mobile apps. And Google News’ ‘bots. And Baseball jersey manufacturers. And Georgetown University. And Kansas State University. And the University of Iowa. 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 ESPN (and ESPN again)(and yet again)(and yet again) and Fox Sports (and Fox Sports again). 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 the U.S. Postal Service. And government agencies and political candidates. And Tea Party candidates. And the White House. And city and county Boards of Elections. Both the state of Pennsylvania and its department of transportation. And Pittsburgh skywriters. And road paving contractors. And the city of Norfolk, Va. And the Ohio Dept. of Transportation. And South African traffic cops. And gas stations. And billboard companies. And bumper sticker manufacturers. And sign painters. And Home Depot and manufacturers of “hoodies.” And T-shirt designers. And more T-shirt designers. And Old Navy. And rubber stamp designers. And glass etchers. And Starbucks. And restaurants, breakfast joints, Chinese restaurants and cake decorators. And more cake decorators. And drive-in movie theater managers. And romance novelists. And South Africa’s New Age and Sunday Independent newspapers. And Dublin’s Sunday Business Post. And the Echo of Gloucestershire, England. And the South China Morning Post. And the Washington Post (Hey! Another repeat offender!), the Post‘s Express tab (Hey! Yet another repeat offender!), the Washington Examiner, the New York Times (Wow! Yet another repeat offender!)(Hey! A third offense!), the New York Post, Wall Street Journal Europe, Newsday, USA Today, the Chicago Sun-Times (And yet another!), the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights, Ill., the Rochester, N.Y., Democrat & Chronicle, the Seattle Times, the weekly Manila Mail of San Francisco, the Miami Herald (and again!), the Portland Oregonian, the Durham, N.C., Herald-Sun, the Chapel Hill, N.C., News, the Missoula, Mont., Missoulian, the Times-Record of Denton, Md., the News-Herald of Willoughby, Ohio, the Amarillo (Texas) Globe News, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Waynesboro News Virginian, the Virginian-Pilot, the Des Moines Register, the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Gannett’s N.Y. Central Media hub, the Greenville (S.C.) News, the Daily Herald of Provo, Utah, the Deseret News of Salt Lake City, the Salt Lake Tribune, the Carbondale, Ill., Southern Illinoisian, the Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger (Hey! Yet another repeat offender!) and the Canarsie Courier of New York City. And the Associated Press. And Mann’s Jeweler’s Accent magazine. And Investment News magazine. And Time magazine.
Oops. It’s West Virginia University, not the University of… though if you ask anyone who went to Marshall University, you’d think WVU sees itself as the only university in the state!
I only pointed this out to highlight the error of ESPN.
Honestly.
I swear.
Quite right, Doug. I know better. My right-hand at Sporting News was a West Virginia graduate. (And like a lot of bosses’ right hands, she was a hell of a lot brighter than I was.)
I never understood Marshall University anyway. Is it named for Matt Dillon?
Virulent sports fans think ESPN’s out to get ‘em when this happens, too.
I wasn’t going to give you even MORE fodder for your ESPN hate-cannon, but … it turns out this actually was a copy editing gaffe, as he was reading from a written script.
http://youtu.be/cHsYtvWzdZY
Don’t forget about the fact that they spell our state “West Virgina” on their Sportsnation Polls. I’ve submitted multiple requests for them to change it but they never do. Shocking I know. Down with ESPN I say!
Actually, your right-hand at Sporting News was an Ohio grad, but grew up in (and is a huge fan of) West Virgina. :)
Hmm. Sorry I screwed up on that one, too. What sticks out in my mind was the time I threatened to go out and buy her some West Virginia items for her cubicle. If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a clean, uncluttered workspace.