That’s the basic question the shattered compilers of both these columns asked around the rum fridge this morning after spotting that a “sub-editor” at The Sydney Morning Herald had once again fucked up big time on their shift last night (Friday).
Many of you BUGgers will know immediately what’s happened here – for the ten zillionth time if we may be permitted a splash of hyperbole – a story that was carried over from the SMH‘s fake front cover on PAGE THREE has been recorded as coming from PAGE 1. Our compilers at least consider themselves thankful that only one story from page 3 flowed inside the book. It’s still a 100 per cent fuckup though, isn’t it?
Over time it has sometimes been a multiple fuckup. Up to three “sub-editors” a few years back decided that three stories that carried over from page 3 originated from Page 1, the cover page and the front page! A trifecta of incompetence!
Yes, it’s this never-ending nightmare – for our compilers at least – that once again, one of these clown subeditors last night didn’t ask a very basic question as soon as they plopped down their lazy, unprofessional arse for the night shift, namely: “We’ve got another Hardly Normal wraparound again. Are we still calling our fake cover page in the book page three?”
So, for not the last time, our montage from today’s (Saturday’s) Herald….
And we’ll send down another batch of our magnets to stick on the drinks fridge in the paper’s “subbing” hub!
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