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Canapes and cock: newspaper juxtaposition of the day

Newspaper juxtaposition of the day comes to us via the Suffolk Free Press:

 

juxtaposition newspaper

 

Phoebe Cripps, from Monks Eleigh, and her My Kitchen Your Place, regret the error…

Spotter: @JournalistJill

 

Posted: 13th, February 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Job advert of the day: The Government needs a URL typist

Job ad of the day:

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Spotter: @scottreid1980

Posted: 6th, January 2015 | In: Money | Comment


UKIP Rotherham Christmas poster orders voters to ‘Say No To The UK’

Season’s greeting from the folk at UKIP Rotherham.

And, remember, voters, ‘Say No To The UK’ and always print your phone number upside down:

 

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Spotter: @GABaines

 

Posted: 23rd, December 2014 | In: Politicians | Comment


Fashion Fails: the ‘Don’t Open ‘Til Christmas’ WTF children’s onesies

Fashion brand Hatley has some intersting items for the kids:

 

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Up close:

 

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Oh, and dad gets one, too:

‘Til Chtistmas’

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Posted: 9th, December 2014 | In: Fashion | Comment


Giraffe Conservation Foundation says giraffe meat is ‘sweet and delicious’

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As David Baddiel “Slightly unhelpful info from head of Giraffe Conservation Foundation.”

Get your yummy giraffe meat while stocks last!

 

 

Posted: 3rd, December 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


FAIL: London Estate Agent Strutt And Parker Creates Truly Terrible Ad

To London, where Tom Doran @portraitinflesh spots this hideous advert from esate agency Strutt And Parker:

DEAR GOD. Is this a current advert? How on Earth could @struttandparker sign off on this?

Answer: because they’re estate agents.

Strutt And Parker

Via: @OscarWGrut

 

Posted: 18th, November 2014 | In: The Consumer | Comment


FAIL: The BBC Takes A Closer Look At The Queen’s First Tweet

A FIRST look at The Queen’s first tweet, with the BBC and @WolfgangDikface:

 

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Posted: 26th, October 2014 | In: Royal Family | Comment (1)


FAIL: Countesthorpe College Typo Could Be Worse

YOU get a great education at Countesthorpe College, South Leicestershire – not to be confused with Countesthorpe Colege, which is dire:

If Countesthorpe College were going to miss out a letter it could have been worse

 

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Spotter: @TheMediaTweets

Posted: 24th, October 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


RIP Selfie Guy: Man Falls Into Dock On Live TV

SHOULD we laugh? Wince? Upload the video then call an ambulabnce? Whilst attempting to take a selfie, this man fell into the dock. A TV camera crew captured the moment.

We’ll know if he lived when the video he uploads his own video.

Spotter: Tastefully Offensive

Posted: 21st, October 2014 | In: Reviews, TV & Radio | Comment


Department Store Had No Idea It Was Selling T-shirts Mocking Rape Victims

Rape T-shirt SM

 

TO the SM department store in the Philippines, where shopper Karen Kunawicz has spotted a top bearing the legend:

“It’s not rape, it’s a snuggle with a struggle.”

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Posted: 24th, September 2014 | In: The Consumer | Comment


Marketing Balls: Made.Com Celebrates An Independent Scotland With Free 10 Groats Offer

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SCOTLAND says ‘yes’ to the United Kingdowm!

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Posted: 19th, September 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Publisher Features Porn Star On School Textbook

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WAS it the lack of patriotism or the subject matter that uspet educators in Thailand?

Rocket News 24 reports that the MuangThai Book Center featured Japanese porn star Mana Aoki on the cover of 3,000 copies of its latest maths textbook.

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Posted: 18th, September 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Daily Mail Fail: Lovely Typo In Story Blaming Liberals For Ruining Education

THE Daily Mail is outraged at the standards of education. It blames “liberal education dogma” for the lowering of education standards.

The paper invited “teacher and graduate” Sarah Smith to tell readers just how dire it all is. And she knows who to blame.

 

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Yes. It’s the Daily Mail’s sub-editor who failed to spot the typo in the standfirst.

Yes, yes, we all make them – even here at Anorka – but the error at the top of an article about how how the Mail’s liberal enemies ruined the country is choice…

 

 

standfirst…

Posted: 16th, September 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Epic Fail: Salesian College, Farnborough, Offers ‘Educational Opportunity’s’

Salesian college fail

 

SALESIAN College, Farnborough, offers Catholics “Educational Opportunity’s” for life.

Spotter: @jenlong

Posted: 15th, September 2014 | In: Reviews | Comments (2)


Russian TV Broadcasts Video Game Fan Art As An Example of WWI US Propaganda

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THE  Moscow Times says Russia’s state TV network Channel One broadcast the above poster as an example of WWI US propaganda. You might know it better as fan art for the video game Team Fortress 2. 

The Moscow Times:

A voiceover claimed the painting had been created by a U.S. organization called the Committee on Public Information, which allegedly created propaganda posters of “German monsters” to get the message across that “Germans are the devil incarnate…”

The poster was actually created by a Finnish artist who goes by the nickname TankTaur, TJournal reported. It was published on the DeviantArt website in 2009 and can still be found there.

You can see how they were fooled. Get a load of this stuff…

Posted: 6th, September 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Your All-Purpose 24-7 Rolling News Report

WITH TV news on 24 hours a day 7 days a week, every story must be teased out to last as long as it can. Even with no or few facts available, the wily news reporter can string things out for 24 hours a day 7 days a week until all the facts are in and we go live to…

 

Posted: 3rd, September 2014 | In: TV & Radio | Comment


Bup Stop: News Crews Flock To New Bristol Landmark

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YOU can make a landmark for less than it costs to build a tower ot a big wheel. The bus stop in Bristol, on Old Market Street is now the BUP STOP.

“Bup Stop” appeared last week as part of road repairs in the centre of the city.

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Posted: 26th, August 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Liverpool Balls: Puma Social Media Campaign Fails Wonderfully

THE big idea at Pumas was for football fans to Tweet the #foreverfaster” hashtag and get a personalised message from their favourite Puma stars, such as Liverpool target Radamel Falcao, Cesc Fabregas and Marco Reus.

But fans are not as compliant as Pumas had hoped. They created fake Twitter accounts with user names designed to be, well, off-message:

reus puma

fabregas

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Posted: 18th, August 2014 | In: Sports | Comment


Fail: Reuters Logo Is A Venn Diagram Of Horror

LOVE this from @Reuters. I don’t *think* they meant it to be interpreted as a Venn diagram

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Spotter: @millyshaw

 

 

Posted: 18th, August 2014 | In: Money | Comment


Save Gazza And Gaza: Is The Human Race Too Stupid To Continue To Live?

THIS is one of those little stories that can make you very worried indeed about the future of the human race. Some Twitter hashtag about Gaza (the place being bombed) was mistaken by fans of retired alcoholic footballers to be about Gazza. Confusion ensues:

Fans of former England footballer Paul Gascoigne, popularly known as ‘Gazza’, were left confused and fearing for his future as a Free Gaza campaign took off online.

Tweets with the hashtag #freegaza have been trending on Twitter in response to the violence in the Middle East, with users using their posts to urge Israeli forces to stop their assault on the Gaza Strip. The conflict, which started on July 8, has led to the deaths of more than 1,200 people.

But followers of the troubled player, who has become known for his battles with alcohol and drugs, mistakenly thought that he had been arrested and that the campaign was in support of his freedom.

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Posted: 1st, August 2014 | In: Reviews | Comments (4)


Illionois Journalism School Misspelled Own Name On Diplomas

GRADUATES of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, received this certificate from the fabled Illinois school:
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Did you notice the missing ‘n’ in “ITEGRATED”?
If you did, you’re overqualified for a career in journalism.

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Posted: 26th, June 2014 | In: Strange But True | Comment


BBC Intern Spends Last Day In Job By Cracking ‘Breaking News’ Joke

A BBC Internt spends their lst day in the job:

 

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Posted: 25th, June 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Chelsea Balls: Blues Sign ‘Dead’ Diego Costa

NEWS that Chelsea have signed Atletio Madrid’s Diego Costa has upset someone at the Goal.com website. Either that or the striker really is dead and Chelsea have struck a blow for equal opportunities employment…

 

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Posted: 14th, May 2014 | In: Chelsea, Sports | Comment


Sub Par: The Guardian Says Glasgow Is The Capital Of Scotland

THE Guardian has a fine reputation for making errors. This week, the paper of record for life in Islington and some parts of Camden Town says Glasgow is the capital of Scotland.

@Louisemac spotted the gem.

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Posted: 11th, May 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Social Media Morons Of The Day: Ribena For Breakfast

WHAT the Mad Men of advertising’s Golden Age would have made of today social media experts can only be guessed at. And our guess is they’d have made them unemployed. Anyone with a spark of creativity louder than a gnat’s fart would nowadays be hailed as social media guru.

Today’s disaster is supplied by Ribena, the sugary drink.

 

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The Tweet copy trills:

“There’s no better way to start the day than sitting down to watch #DayBreak with a cuppa for you and a glass of Ribena Plus for the kids!”

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Posted: 26th, March 2014 | In: Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment