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Transfer Balls: Middlesbrough sign a free Danish newspaper in the Sun

Transfer Balls: a look at the Sun’s report on Middlesbrough’s hunt for a new newspaper to play in defence. Yes, you read that right. The Sun says:

KAR NEEDS COVER Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka hunts for new centre-back after Daniel Ayala ruled out

One player linked to Middlesbrough is ‘Ekstra Bladet’. Who he?

middlesbrough the sun

‘Former Ajax captain Ekstra Bladet, who is now a free agent, is another target as Karanka looks for cover at left-back.’

Former Ajax captain Nicolai Boilesen is a free agent. He’s Danish.

Ekstra Bladet is a Danish newspaper, whereon you can read all kinds of footy news abut Danish footballers.

The Sun is a newspaper that accidentally cites its sources.

Posted: 9th, August 2016 | In: Back pages, Sports, Tabloids | Comment


Fail: CNN illustrates Nice horror with advert for tyres

So how did CNN illustrate the story of the Islamist maniac who murdered scores of people on Bastille Day in Nice, France? With an advert for Falken tires [sic] that grip:

 

breaking news ads nice cnn

 

Native advertising is a horror, Whoever invented it should be taken from this place and forced to live in an echo chamber.

Posted: 16th, July 2016 | In: Key Posts, Reviews, The Consumer | Comment


Omar Mateen: Hillary Clinton says anyone investigated by FBI is presumed guilty

Hilary Clinton notes that the FBI had Omar Mateen in their sights. Mateen murdered 49 people at an Orlando gay club. Clinton is mazed that Mateen was able to buy a gun. She says anoyine under FBI investigation should be presumed guilty.

 

Hillary Clinton FBI tweet MAteen

 

As one wag notes: “If the FBI is searching your emails for suspected highly classified security leaks, you shouldn’t be able to campaign for the presidency with no questions asked by the Media.

 

 

Posted: 14th, June 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment (1)


‘Die Queen’: Der Spiegel writes awkward headline

Der Spiegel has words for Her Majesty:

Der Spiegel die queen

 

Prince Charles is away…

Spotter: YoungVulgarian

Posted: 11th, April 2016 | In: Reviews, Royal Family | Comment


‘Chris is Risen’: Jesus is rebranded in York

chris is risen

 

Let us pray for Acomb Parish Church, in York, where “Chris is Risen”.

Says Assistant Curate Ned Lunn: “The pastor at the Baptist Church is actually called Chris. He’s got to get up for a sunrise service at 6.30am on Easter Sunday. His predecessor didn’t manage to get up for the service last year.”

Posted: 27th, March 2016 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


CNN: ‘Australia Building Fence at Slovenian Border’

CNN fail

 

As @TheMichaelMoran puts it: “Taking no chances, the Aussies.”

CNN: ‘Australia Building Fence at Slovenian Border’

 

 

Posted: 1st, March 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)


Daily Telegraph illustrates an advertorial on Venice with a photo of The Venetian hotel, Las Vegas

illustrated an advertorial today on Venice with a pic of The Venetian hotel, Las Vegas

 

The Daily Telegraph has illustrated an advertorial on Venice with a photo of The Venetian hotel, Las Vegas.

Spotter: Lucy Fisher

Posted: 1st, February 2016 | In: Broadsheets, Reviews | Comment


CND activist draws Mercedes logo on dead whale

 

dead whale CND logo

Spotter: Amooze Bouche

Posted: 25th, January 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment


BBC Warns of Apache Frog invasion

We interrupt this broadcast to bring news of a new terroristic threat: Apache Frog is coming to the UK, says the BBC News:

 

 

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Posted: 20th, January 2016 | In: TV & Radio | Comment


David Cameron has died: newsreader mistakes PM for David Bowie

david cameron dies

 

David Cameron has died. Well, so says Fiona Winchester, a newsreader for Heart FM.

Whoops! Her mistake.

That’s David Bowie who died. Spot the difference?

 

Posted: 11th, January 2016 | In: Celebrities, Politicians, Reviews, TV & Radio | Comment


Tyrrells ‘swanky veg’ flavour is for ‘wanky’ crisps munchers

Have you tried Tyrells’ ‘swanky veg’ crisps, “an exotic mélange of lavish veggies, with just a pinch of sea salt to let them sing”.

tyrells ‘swanky veg’ crisps as “an exotic mélange of lavish veggies, with just a pinch of sea salt to let them sing”. Twitter noticed something much less exotic about them.

 

It’s just truth in advertising. All their crisps sound a bit ‘wanky’:

 

 

tyrrells wanky

 

Wanky veg and wanky salted a la mode.

 

Posted: 10th, January 2016 | In: Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment


Mom makes epic etching fail: ‘friends are the rapists you can drink with’

A mom got a little crafty and decided to make her own wine glasses, complete with the pithy phrase, “friends are therapists you can drink with” written on them. What started as a fun experiment quickly turned unintentionally creepy. “My mom made wine glasses to give to her friends for the holiday,” explained redditor Shagen34. “Her spacing was a little off on the first one.” With the correct spacing, they look a little more innocent. The handwritten font is still pretty creepy, though. But hey, it’s a fairly common mistake, at least according to various buffoons on TV. [h/t Tech Insider | Reddit]

 

Mom wanted to make a glass with the phrase “friends are therapists you can drink with” written on the side.

“My mom made wine glasses to give to her friends for the holiday,” explains redditor Shagen34. “Her spacing was a little off on the first one.”

 

A mom got a little crafty and decided to make her own wine glasses, complete with the pithy phrase, “friends are therapists you can drink with” written on them. What started as a fun experiment quickly turned unintentionally creepy. “My mom made wine glasses to give to her friends for the holiday,” explained redditor Shagen34. “Her spacing was a little off on the first one.” With the correct spacing, they look a little more innocent. The handwritten font is still pretty creepy, though. But hey, it’s a fairly common mistake, at least according to various buffoons on TV. [h/t Tech Insider | Reddit] A mom got a little crafty and decided to make her own wine glasses, complete with the pithy phrase, “friends are therapists you can drink with” written on them. What started as a fun experiment quickly turned unintentionally creepy. “My mom made wine glasses to give to her friends for the holiday,” explained redditor Shagen34. “Her spacing was a little off on the first one.” With the correct spacing, they look a little more innocent. The handwritten font is still pretty creepy, though. But hey, it’s a fairly common mistake, at least according to various buffoons on TV. [h/t Tech Insider | Reddit]

 

Therapist. The rapist. There’s a B-movie in this.

Spotter: Tech Insider |

Posted: 19th, December 2015 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True, The Consumer | Comment


Best News Bloopers 2015

Posted: 11th, December 2015 | In: TV & Radio | Comment


Japanese department store offers one ‘F*CKIN’ SALE’

osaka fucking sale sign

To Osaka, where the Gallerie store is holding a “Fuckin’ Sale”.

Update: it’s been changed.

fucking sale japan

Spotter: Steven LevyJapan Subculture blog, Adrian Chen

Posted: 25th, November 2015 | In: Reviews, The Consumer | Comments (2)


Marilyn Monroe dead ringer for stone cold Scotland

Like comparing Marilyn Monroe to Kincardineshire

 

Subtitle screw up of the day:

Sky News subtitles were running over an item on dress size changes over the past 20 years. The item was a day late lift on a Daily Mail story. The claim is a 10 dress size today would have been a 14 a couple of decades ago.

A gushing Sky commentator repeats the Mail’s headline which compared Kim Kardashian to the ultimate blonde bombshell which was converted by Sky’s superfast text translator as:

Like comparing Marilyn Monroe to Kincardineshire

Works for me… both attractive and dead

Posted: 10th, November 2015 | In: Celebrities, Reviews, TV & Radio | Comment


Tottenham: Spurs invite Wayne Gretzky to Arsenal match, spell his name wrong on shirt

spurs wayne gretzkyHaving moved to woo the US market with a new stadium geared to American football, Tottenham invited legendary ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky to see them take on Arsenal in the League Cup.
Generous to a fault, Spurs gave the Canadian a club shit with his name on the back. Well, it had someone’s name on it. Instead of Gretzky, the shirt said ‘Gretsky’.
Who he? 

 

Posted: 24th, September 2015 | In: Sports, Spurs | Comment


Media Balls: Tevez and Bony replace Aguero in Manchester City team

Update for anyone who gets their news in the Metro: Carlos Tevez is not playing for Manchester City in their Champions’ League match with Juventus, for whom he also does no longer play for.

 

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Posted: 15th, September 2015 | In: Sports | Comment


Typo LOL: Daily Express praises Kate Middleton’s pubic hair

typo kate middleton pubic

 

And the prize for typo of the day, goes to the Daily Express.

It is a typo, right?

 

Spotter: @scaryduck

Posted: 14th, September 2015 | In: Reviews, Royal Family | Comment


TV Blooper: West Ham says QPR’s Charlie Austin has ‘no ligaments in his right dick’

Why aren’t West Ham United bidding for QPR’s Charlie Austin?

 

More here.

 

Posted: 20th, August 2015 | In: Sports, TV & Radio | Comment


Daily Telegraph’s ‘Madison Marriage’ reports on Ashley Madison hacking scandal

The Daily Telegraph continues to employ writers on the value of their name alone, witnessed by the paper’s story that millions of knobs trying to arrange extra-marital sex via the Ashley Madison website have been found out..

Madison Marriage reports:

 

ashley madison telegraph

 

Posted: 19th, August 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Juxtaposition fail: Florida Times-Union slaps gun show sticker over shooting story

Florida Times-Union gun

 

This Friday Florida Times-Union front page features a gun show sticker by a story of a shooting.

Says the paper’s ‘vice president of audience’ Kurt Caywood:

All of us at The Florida Times-Union know that gun violence is one of the most emotionally charged and pressing issues facing our community. The tragedy that occurred on a Duval County school bus Thursday was as societally significant as it was frightening. As such, a team of reporters, editors and photographers approached this story with great sensitivity and professionalism, and we stand proudly by their report on page 1A of Friday’s newspaper.

They did. But did you?

The appearance of a gun-related front-page sticky note on the same day was an incredibly regrettable coincidence. It was born of the purposeful separation between our news and advertising departments, an approach we take because we value nothing more than the objectivity of our journalism. That said, this clearly was an oversight. We’re aggressively reviewing our procedures and will implement steps to prevent such a situation in the future.

File under: who reads it before it goes out?

Spotter: Romnesko

 

Posted: 16th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Observer Food Monthly exposes cover model’s eating problem

Observer Food Monthly highlights the ‘worst aim ever’:

 

fail

Spotter: @Gary_Bainbridge

Posted: 16th, May 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Nominative determinism: meet ISIS ‘apologist’ Furkan Derya

Furkan Derya

The Australian Daily Telegraph calls Furkan Derya.

Tim Blair’s story “Jihadi Bilardi spreading the hate in his own way” focused on the Australian teenager who relocated his angst to ISIS, one Jake Bilardi.

Bilardi, who died in a suicide bombing, was discussed by former Hume Islamic Youth Centre worker Furkan Derya in a Fairfax article. Blair uses Derya’s quote in his column. He adds an aside.

You can use it if you like. We double derya.

Spotter: @chrisdeerin

Posted: 16th, March 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Listen to BBC presenter John Inverdale discuss rose-c**ed glasses: radio fail

ON BBC radio, John Inversdale is at the Cheltenham horse racing festival talking about his rose-c**ted glasses:

 

Posted: 11th, March 2015 | In: TV & Radio | Comment