Why copy editors are still valuable to the news industry

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In this week’s lowercase, we highlight editorial flubs that prove how valuable careful copy editors are to the news outlets.

I like to imagine the copy editor saw this typo, giggled and moved on. pic.twitter.com/xwtoTjY6p6

— kelley hibberd (@kbagby) May 12, 2017

the New York Times has a picture of the wrong Thomas Frank on the front of the business section today pic.twitter.com/NkwDe8elnR

— Steven Perlberg (@perlberg) September 6, 2017

 

Coach Bill Self being indicted into Naismith Hall of Fame https://t.co/Fmc6rDn1OF pic.twitter.com/sTc3YupQTY

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— KMBC (@kmbc) September 6, 2017

https://twitter.com/alexrkonrad/status/898980761071738880

 

#Headlines matter…so do #copyeditors, #proofreaders. You can read this one of two ways… (from Google News pic.twitter.com/ftVyBD4XEn

— Bonnie Parrish-Kell (@bparrishkell) September 3, 2017

https://twitter.com/bluntprophetFF/status/898596773295292419

 

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Want to see more regrettable headlines? Check out the Lower Case archives.

ICYMI: A copy editor was looking at early Charlottesville images Saturday. While doing so, he made a big realization.

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