England in disarray

According to Sky Sports, and courtesy of Angie J, there was a degree of upset in England after the recent football match against Spain.

Cruz conrtol

Oh look. The US Presidential campaign is getting into a higher gear.

Never mind, Rafa. I'm sure there'll be many more like this from your rivals before too long.

Papal bull

With the Pope's visit flooding TV news channels in the USA last week, I guess it had to happen at some point.

Well, it is the easier, safer way to pray.

Harder than ever

The Large Hadron Collider has been out of the news for a couple of years while it's been shut down and upgraded.

But now it's back with double its previous capacity.

And with it, the same old headlines from BBC News which, clearly, hasn't matched the upgrade to its spell-check system.

The confession of the seal

Ann F reminded me that I'd forgotten to post this one from CNN.

I'm not sure which was the more surprising.

The news that the US President was dead. Or that he was killed by a seal.

Let alone a talking seal.

Grim forecast

You know how worried you were when you agreed to let your child go to Glastonbury?

Let the BBC Weather subtitles team put your mind at rest.

Because?

Well, because it's Glastonbury.

The First Of His Name

Perhaps he was disturbed while illegally searching through dental records to discover his true identity.

Any guesses what his middle name might be?

Yep. You're probably right.

Ape-rahisation

It's not at all clear but Greg L is hoping that this is a description of the show's content rather than one of the show itself.

Electification

It was interesting to see the use of a new buzzword on the BBC the other day.

Electification?

The promise by the government to upgrade the rail network in an attempt to secure votes.

Ain't no sunshine

Holly S had to hit Pause the other morning to convince herself she wasn't seeing double.

I hope the extra h meant extra hot.

Hahve a nihce day.

Horse chestnut

You can always rely on BBC News to report with accuracy and responsibility.

It's Chinese New Year and Dennis A reveals that the TV channel decided to extend a welcome to us all.

Celebrate?

I bet they're having a ball.

Messing with the Taliban

Our regular observer of all things military, Greg L, sent in this one from BBC News.

One which, I think, will have been missed by most people.

You'd think the channel would've written the word often enough by now to get it right.

Rather than the fighter, it's the Taliban that's been wounded.

Ahead of the game

Steven Whitehead plays American football with the Tri-Cities Fever, a team based in Washington state.

It looks like an old school foe or perhaps a disgruntled ex got a job at the TV station.

Typing Not Necessary

It looks like the editing team over at TBS has been joined by someone with fat fingers.

That footnote is supposed to say IF NECESSARY.

Invisible UV

Five Minutes To A Fortune is a Channel 4 game show that has teams performing various tasks against the clock.

I won't bore you with the details. Suffice it to say that even the host, Davina McCall, describes the show as 'buttock-clenching'. I agree, Davina. Well said.

Anyway, one of the games a few weeks back involved being presented with a series of letters. For each letter the contestant had to choose the next letter in the alphabet to make a word or saying.

In this case, it was the name of a singer.

Easy.

But who's the half-wit that thinks W follows T?

Is it U?

Plane wrong

It's a bit of a tricky one, this.

I understand completely that three young Chinese girls died and over 180 people were injured in the recent Asiana Flight 214 crash at San Francisco International Airport. I wouldn't want this post to draw attention away from them or their families at such a painful time.

But the naivety of the Bay Area TV station, KTVU, beggars belief and deserves to be highlighted. Thanks to Jon C who sent it in.

The station received confirmation of the names of the four South Korean people who were in charge of the plane from an official at the National Transportation Safety Board.

Presumably the people at the station were only too keen to broadcast the scoop and clearly didn't look twice at the copy.

Never mind proofread it.

KTVU also failed to remember that the NTSB never reveals such information.

Later, a press release from the NTSB announced that the names had been confirmed by a summer intern who 'acted outside the scope of his authority when he erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew on the aircraft'.

Idiot.

Still, KTVU fell for it, Huk Ly Nansinka.

Idiots.

Further proof

This caption appeared in a BBC report about education last Wednesday.

What further proof do we need that the BBC's standards are slipping?

Meanwhile, here is some real Furthur education for which, I hope, you'll be Dead Grateful.

Furthur: the band.

Furthur: the Merry Pranksters' bus.

BBC rhyming slang

As tweeted by @MrRandomSilly the other day, someone at BBC News will be in trouble.

I don't know why though.

Whoever wrote it was just saying what the rest of us already think about Bankers and their standards.

Closed caption

The recent bad weather has had a serious effect on West Yorkshire's road system.

According to the BBC, it appears that the A635 has turned into a very long road leading from Last Of The Summer Wine country directly to the little-known tiny Welsh hamlet of Clsoed.

Chelsean

Many thanks to Angie J who asks whether this is a new name for residents of Chelsea.

Could be, Ange.

Well, for temporary residents anyway.