Posts Tagged ‘fail’
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Fox News Fail Illustrates The Importance Of The Comma
MALAYSIA Airlines Flight MH370 illustrates the importance of the comma:
On the phone: Kathleen Bangs Aviation Expert
Delhi Police Unable To Investigate Cases Because They Forget Password To Files
POLICE in Delhi did not reply to any of the 667 complaints sent their way because they forgot the password to their computer. One officer said the oversight was “a technical problem”.
So, nothing to do with human stupidity , then?
Posted: 6th, March 2014 | In: Strange But True, Technology | Comment (1)
Listen As The BBC Broadcasts Cries Of A Screaming Woman’ Over Oscar Pistorius Murder Trial Report
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire blames a “technical” error for adding screams to a report on the Oscar Pistorius murder trial.
A BBC spokesperson said: “There was a technical mistake where sound effects being prepared in another studio for an unrelated item were accidentally broadcast over the news bulletin. We apologised for the error immediately afterwards.”
Posted: 6th, March 2014 | In: Reviews, TV & Radio | Comment
Autocue Grammar Fails Are Death By A Single Comma
BARACK Obama makes reading the autocue look pretty easy. After all, reading and aloud is something you learn to do when you’re a toddler. If you can make a living out of it, more power to you. But you are at the mercy of technology and grammar. A misplaced comma can lead to difficulties, as we will see in these examples:
Dana was murdered – she’s off tonight
And you know what you are – all of you:
Especially you, sicko:
And here’s how you do it:
Posted: 26th, February 2014 | In: Key Posts, TV & Radio | Comment
Manchester United Head To Turkey To Play, Er, Olympiacos
HANDS up Manchester United fans who knew where Olympiacos play their home matches? You don’t have to be all the precise, just naming the country will do.
Those of you who get your news from the Daily Express, hard cheese.
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Posted: 24th, February 2014 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment
You Can Still Buy Those Ridiculous ‘Too Cool To Do Drugs’ Pencils
DID you own a “Too Cool To Do Drugs” pencil in the 1990s? So long as you weren’t a pencil user, the message was succinct and pure. But those of you who like a sharpener or several, realised that the more pencil you used, the more the message changed.
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Posted: 22nd, February 2014 | In: The Consumer | Comment
BBC Headline Fail: ‘Will Young To Teach Kids What Gay Really Means’
WILL Young will “show the children what ‘gay’ really means”. Ooer:
Spotter: Brendan O’Neill
Posted: 26th, November 2013 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Helsinki Airport: ‘Feel Yourself At Home’
TO Helsinki Airport, where passengers are advised ‘Feel Yourself At Home’. Task, those Northern Europeans and their utility smut:
Posted: 21st, November 2013 | In: Strange But True, The Consumer | Comment (1)
Naughty Boy Fail: Loughborough University Student Union Make Us Go Ah Ah Ahhhhhhhhh
THE Loughborough University Student Union have a song for you. They’ve changed the lyrics of the Naughty Boy’s La la la. You can get better at media and take part in Black History Month:
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Bad Juxtaposition: American Airlines Advert Illustrates ‘Belgium Plane Crash Kills 11 Parachutists’
GRIM news that a plane crash in Belgium has killed 11 parachutists. How is the story presented by the Daily Telegraph?
Not well.
It looks like American Airlines is using the crash as a chance to burnish its own credentials…
Cameraman fails compilation
AN amusing collection of cameramen falling over. Because other people falling over is funny:
Posted: 14th, October 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
CNN says Hong Kong is in Brazil (photo)
THE average American is smarter than CNN’s killer hornet map expert, who managed to local Hong Kong in Brazil.
As Brazil’s giant hornet community says: “Visit China before China visits you.”
Posted: 8th, October 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Pepsi drop massive clanger thanks to dreadful choice of ‘RAPE’ typeface
PEPSI and Coca Cola are always at war, and Coke must be laughing their asses off this week as their blue-canned pals made a horrendous error with one of their marketing campaigns.
Thanks to a dismal choice of typeface, Pepsi’s ‘Aape’ campaign looked more like they were siding themselves with sexual assault.
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Posted: 24th, September 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
The five greatest home shopping TV fails of all time
ANROAK loves watching Home shopping channels. Every now and then you get a memorable moment:
The Ladder To (Seeing) Stars
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Posted: 23rd, September 2013 | In: The Consumer, TV & Radio | Comment
Watch the $1 Million FAIL
LIFE isn’t fair and no-one promised you a damn picnic.
With that in mind, one Wheel of Fortune contestant missed out on the chance of winning $1million after an unfortunate case of his mouth falling asleep.
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Esquire magazine uses 9/11 falling man photo to advertise a ‘more stylish commute’
ON this 12th anniversary of 9/11, Esquire magazine reproduced the essay The Falling Man. It’s a picture of man falling to his death from the World Trade Center.
Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in it, are our most intimate connection to the horror of that day.
Dwelling on one photograph of a man hurtling towards his demise is unpleasant. If you find him, then what – get his loved ones to sign the photo and explain how they feel seeing it?
But then it gets worse. Esquire uses the picture to advertise a feature entitled: “Making Your Morning Commute Mote Stylish”.
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Typo of the day: You’re Local Professionals in Dublin
FLYER of the day is presented via a letter box by Dublin property agents Lappin Estates:
Spotter: Broadsheet.ie
Posted: 9th, September 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Newsreader interrupted live on-air by her own child
CHILDREN are idiots aren’t they? Especially your own. And one Moroccan newsreader found that out when her daughter interrupted her at work while she was live on telly.
Lena Alwash’s live broadcast on Morocco’s Medi 1 TV channel is interrupted when her daughter randomly appears behind her to hand her a mobile.
Upon realising her mum might actually be working and addressing viewers, rather than just blankly talking to the ether in a stern voice, the child realises how dim she is and tries to duck out of shot.
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Posted: 4th, September 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Enterprise Rent-a-car offer free sex with every pick up in Wales (see advert)
THINKING of hiring a car in Wales through the Pembrokeshire Herald newspaper? Worried that the Vauxhall Vectra you can afford will not make you look sexy? Well, Enterprise Rent-a-car have just the offer for you. Enterprise will do more than just pick you up…
Posted: 25th, July 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Carly Rae Jepsen throws worst baseball pitch, like, EVER
REGULARLY, people unfairly chide women for their inability to throw, however, popstar Carly Rae Jepsen have gone and thrown a ball so badly that it might keep bozos in jokes for the rest of their lives.
Jepsen was left amused and embarrassed by her lame attempt at throwing the first pitch at a baseball game.
She was invited to throw the traditional first pitch at the Tampa Bay Rays game against the Houston Astros, however, what transpired was worse than Diana Ross’ penalty during the opening ceremony for the ’94 World Cup.
Fox Sports commentators noted that Jepsen had actually thrown several impressive strikes during practice, which is no use to anyone, especially Jepsen.
Jepsen laughed off the pitch on Twitter later, describing it as a “fail”.
“So apparently I made ESPN with my fail of a pitch. Lol- Daddy must be so proud.”
Posted: 18th, July 2013 | In: Celebrities, Sports | Comment
Conservatives admit policy on single mothers is just mindless filler
WHAT does the Conservative Party have to say about single mums? On the Conservatives.com website, there are many words on single mums, but not much sense:
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Posted: 16th, July 2013 | In: Politicians | Comment
Howie Felterbush reacts to new of the Trayvon Martin v George Zimmerman trial
GEORGE Zimmerman did not murder Trayvon Martin. The verdict has been delivered.
Howie Felterbush is on the scene to deliver an opinion in a vox pop brought to in conjunction with KTVU…
News headline fail: Sky News says ‘Church of England Approves Sex Abuse’
THE perils of truncated headlines are evidence in this from Sky News:
“BREAKING NEWS – Church of England Approves Sex Abuse”
The actual story is:
Church Of England’s Apology Over Sex Abuse – Members of the General Synod unanimously back an apology for past child abuse after a series of cases involving senior clergy.
Yes, the Church approves the apology. Let’s hope that all clerics got the correct message…
Spotter: TimBran
Beach lifeguard dashes into the sea to save a drowning man…slowly
LIKE you, we love a man in uniform. This man is a lifeguard at Virginia Beach. We join the action as our hero takes to the waters to save a drowning soul…
Posted: 3rd, July 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
