News fail

Part 98 in a 17,238 part series:

The internet is killing print journalism, I’m told. Dying right along with it are the old-school ideas of a “final proof-read” and “paying attention to what the hell I’m doing.”

For your consideration:

For those who don’t have the joy of dealing with wire copy every day, “EMBARGO” isn’t supposed to be a headline – it’s a quick line to tell the media outlet not to run the story before a certain day. You’re supposed to, you know, take it out.

Not the first time Canada.com has done it this month. They don’t seem big on changing it either.

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