The Grauniad – Wanking the TV commentators
Now Dr Mumbo is all too aware in the internet age the need to publish quickly can lead to the odd typo, but someone at global media brand The Guardian really should have spotted this clanger in its headline before hitting send live yesterday.
But maybe the slip, changing the word ranking to wanking, wasn’t an accident. Suddenly a run-of-the-mill piece cashing in on some Ashes SEO had viral appeal, and probably got a lot more hits than it would have otherwise.
If nothing else it’s good to see The Guardian has brought all of its traditions to the Australian operation, including the Grauniad nickname.
If they really wanted to follow through they should have also misspelled Alex McClintock.
I was more concerned with “more scratchier”.
Or Alastair Cook, @jamie.
As above comments say, a shame they did not follow through with McClintock & Cook, but then more could have become heavy handed.