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The craft of sub-editing

A trifecta of subbing fuckups…

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… and one very unlikely to ever be beaten! What is it they say? Pride comes before a […]

May 16, 2025 advertising, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Literature, Media, Politics, Publishing, social media

Is this hardly normal practice..

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… ever going to end? Ever since the world’s first printed newspaper rolled off German presses in 1605 […]

March 21, 2025 Australia, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Literature, Media, Politics, Publishing

Worst example yet? Allegedly.

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The never-ending fuck-ups in journalism over the overuse, underuse and misuse of the words “alleged” and “allegedly” are […]

March 12, 2025 Australia, Entertainment, Exclusive, Media, Publishing, research, social media

Before or after? Who cares!

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The column that has fun with the smaller mistakes and missteps of Australia’s mainstream mediocre; that pays homage […]

March 9, 2025 Australia, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Literature, Media, Publishing, Queensland, social media

Time to finally lift sub standards?

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Take note, you BUGgers out there! This column would be more than happy to take the mickey out […]

February 27, 2025 Australia, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Fake News Association of Australia, Literature, Media, social media

Will our campaign ever end?

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Probably not! The big question on our chapped lips today – everyone’s chapped lips – for this edition […]

February 15, 2025 advertising, Australia, business, Entertainment, Exclusive, Media, social media

It’s simply not cricket

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The column that has fun with the smaller mistakes and missteps of Australia’s mainstream mediocre; that pays homage […]

February 9, 2025 Politics

Please become page masters!

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The Keystone cops of newspaper sub-editing have been at it again! We’re talking once more about the subs […]

February 5, 2025 Australia, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Literature, Media, New South Wales, Publishing, social media

One word to few!

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The column that has fun with the smaller mistakes and missteps of Australia’s mainstream mediocre; that pays homage […]

February 1, 2025 Australia, Australian politics, Aviation, Entertainment, Exclusive, Literature, Media, Politics, Publishing, Queensland, social media, Trump presidency, World

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