We have learnt to attempt to prevent errors in this class by reading and re-reading and editing our work, but the one area we have not covered where the errors can range from hilarious to disastrous is in television broadcast news.
Television reporters and anchors have had a more difficult time concerning new media and “bloopers”, simply because their mistakes are usually live. These mistakes are then broadcast on youtube, to be watched over and over again.
The situation is a lot more difficult to deal with when large mistakes are made on television, as it seems harder to correct them. Retractions are not usually used on news broadcasts, as time is generally sparse during broadcasts, and it must be used to portray stories instead of retractions.
When it comes to proofreading and copyediting in broadcast journalism, one must simply try their best to ensure that nothing is incorrect on the prompter, or in the recorded broadcasts, but human errors happen, and so do youtube videos that mock those human errors.
Here are some of the best:
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