Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Times Corrects Minor Typo In Front Page Obama Caption

The New York Times published a caption this afternoon that read a tad awkwardly. As you can see in the side-by-side screen shots below, Times editors published a headline that read, "The president stopped into a White House briefing room..." in a pointer positioned in the main section of its Web site's front page and leading to this story on The Caucus blog. The use of "stopped" in the caption seemed odd to be sure, but not necessarily wrong. However, confirmation that it was a mistake became apparent fourteen minutes later when Gray Lady editors changed "stopped" to "stepped" in the copy.



















At the same time, as you probably noticed, Times editors changed the photo of President Obama used on the front page. It's not clear why: Both pictures of the POTUS are actually beautifully shot. Moreover, if you're a regular reader of the blog, you'll realize this is the second time this year the Times has had copy issues in this space of its front Web page.

3 comments:

The Third Visitor said...

Hi!

I'm delighted to see that you picked up my challenge on Blogexplosion. I enjoy your blog, especially since these days it is hard for me to see to proofread properly. I tend to miss things now.

Best wishes and thanks for a fine blog.

Jamie Dedes
Musing by Moonlight
Brooklyn, In Memory Most Green

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Anonymous said...

editor need to take care in this case because such things may arise some big problems...

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