Thursday, 16 June 2011

Tenbury Advertiser can't add up

With an already long list of errors in its editorial, it seems that the Tenbury Advertiser is now having a problem with it's maths.

Last week it didn't check its figures and ended up claiming the Tenbury Fire & Rescue Station Commander had started as a retained Fireman aged 3.

This week it features a country home on it front page leader for £2M, by page three this has increased to £5M.  That sure is a huge rate of inflation.

I wonder who, if anyone now proof reads the paper, or perhaps as some have claimed it's typeset in a country where English isn't their first language.

Still it does mean that the old saying "you can't believe everything you read in the paper" is still true.

5 comments:

Bumblebee said...

Mmmn.

This would sort of have a bearing on the validity of anything that the paper now claims/publishes surely?

We're all going to be wondering 'have they done their homework properly' now..

Anonymous said...

i think the owner of this blog should look at his own work rather than criticize others

@WR15 said...

I'm always happy to correct any error brought to my attention.

Anonymous said...

@WR15

The Tenbury Advertiser is doubtless also prepared to do the same - but they cannot un-print what is already on the street

@WR15 said...

Which is perhaps why they should spend a little more care proof reading and checking facts!