[DonJuan]

Another day, another story, another typo! I love reading the BBC News website, but over the last few years it has become littered with typos. Does anyone read through these stories before they are posted? Today the story about the cruise ship in Italy has a picture with the caption:
'The Costa Concordia was carrying more than 3,2000 passengers when it ran aground off the Italian coast'.
Further down the video is captioned:
'Cabin steward Deodato Ordona says the ship suddenly began to tlt.'
They're so glaringly obvious that it's shocking that the author him/herself didn't catch them regardless of whether an editor read through it before it was posted.
I have seen worse than these, I wish I had a log. The majority of errors have been in the main article, not the caption. Sometimes its not just spelling or repetition of a word; I have seen mangled sentences that are so bad there is literally no way the author could have read over it and missed it.
Who else is disgusted by not only these typos but the carelessness behind the scenes that they are so clearly a sign of?
EDIT: Link to the article here.
Also, another typo: But if the party, which has just one MP on Scotland, pushes too hard, it risks increasing support for independence, through accusations of a "London/Tory fix". (Link here.)

[DdotT]

No i have a life

[gabjam]

Every human makes mistakes. Can you honestly say you've never made a typo?

[ritchie888]

What does it matter? You know what they're trying to say and they post thousands of articles a day! I'm sure if you looked at the percentage or errors it would be minute!

[NWA]

I'm not disgusted. Infact I'm not even that bothered, as long as I get the news that's all that matters

[HugoDuchovny]

I have never in my life made a rypo.

[CitizensUnited]

(Original post by gabjam)
Every human makes mistakes. Can you honestly say you've never made a typo?

If everybody took that attitude, then we'd never have any sort of correction, ever. It's important to pick up on these sorts of things.

[theths]

They appear to have been corrected now, maybe they just put out the stories as quickly as possible and then read over them? Tbh the typos hardly make a difference to the actual content of the articles, they're still very good quality

[gabjam]

(Original post by CitizensUnited)
If everybody took that attitude, then we'd never have any sort of correction, ever. It's important to pick up on these sorts of things.

There's a difference between being 'disgusted' by a typo (as in the title of this thread) and happily correcting one. I'm sure people can do a good job of editing without being disgusted by every spelling mistake he/she see's

[GunnerBill]

The BC news website is crap. It's not the typos but the lack of good grammar. For example headlines more often than not refer to things like:

"Italy Cruise Ship Capsizes" When it should be "Italian Cruise ship Capsizes" or "Cruise Ship Capsizes off Italy"

I wrote to them and the excuse was it saves space for mobile users. Which is rubbish because in many cases there is virtually no difference in the length of the title. They are dumbing down to compete with Sky.

[nickbob00]

Would you rather have a news article with a typo (fixed in an hour or two) or wait another hour or two for each article?

[Dogatonic]

If you're so disgusted by the typos on BBC News how on earth do you cope with the spelling and grammar on most TSR threads?

[geetar]

Yeah...'disgusted' might be a bit strong.

[CitizensUnited]

(Original post by gabjam)
There's a difference between being 'disgusted' by a typo (as in the title of this thread) and happily correcting one. I'm sure people can do a good job of editing without being disgusted by every spelling mistake he/she see's

Fair enough then.

[Tyrannosaurus Cal]

As someone who writes copy for a website, you're definitely our favourite kind of person.

Go outside, hug your loved ones, stroke a new-born lamb, get a sense of perspective.

[kka25]

(Original post by GunnerBill)
"Italy Cruise Ship Capsizes" When it should be "Italian Cruise ship Capsizes" or "Cruise Ship Capsizes off Italy"

I wrote to them and the excuse was it saves space for mobile users. Which is rubbish because in many cases there is virtually no difference in the length of the title. They are dumbing down to compete with Sky.

[Mechie]

It doesn't bother me at all, I can make out what everything says so I'm not fussed. Although I like the vaguely funny ones, like "Wetminster"

[kka25]

(Original post by GunnerBill)
The BC news website is crap. It's not the typos but the lack of good grammar. For example headlines more often than not refer to things like:

"Italy Cruise Ship Capsizes" When it should be "Italian Cruise ship Capsizes" or "Cruise Ship Capsizes off Italy"

I wrote to them and the excuse was it saves space for mobile users. Which is rubbish because in many cases there is virtually no difference in the length of the title. They are dumbing down to compete with Sky.

On a different note, never thought of writing to a company about a typo they made

[DonJuan]

Saying 'disgusted' was of course hyperbole, but it got people talking. What really annoys me are the typos that show that the author literally has not read it through even once. (For example, '3,2000', that just sticks out like a sore thumb.) We get taught from the age of five to read our own work before handing it in and yet the professionals are not doing this!

(Original post by nickbob00)
Would you rather have a news article with a typo (fixed in an hour or two) or wait another hour or two for each article?

This is simply not true, you would only have to wait another two or three minutes for each article. I don't know about you but I've never spent an hour or two reading a BBC News article.

[whyumadtho]

(Original post by DonJuan)
Saying 'disgusted' was of course hyperbole, but it got people talking. What really annoys me are the typos that show that the author literally has not read it through even once. (For example, '3,2000', that just sticks out like a sore thumb.) We get taught from the age of five to read our own work before handing it in and yet the professionals are not doing this!

This is simply not true, you would only have to wait another two or three minutes for each article. I don't know about you but I've never spent an hour or two reading a BBC News article.

You've never found a mistake in any of your documents retrospectively? Nobody's infallible; what is obvious to you may have been overlooked by another person, and vice-versa.