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15 Times Newspaper Copy Editors Probably Regretted Taking That Coffee Break

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Most of us expect the news to be, if not impartial, at least revised and edited. When headlines like these 15 pop up, though, you almost hope the editors were out to coffee when things went to print – because that’s better than thinking they saw these and didn’t think there was a problem!

15. I mean, as do teenagers.

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14. This had to have been a purposeful play on words.

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13. Alert the media.

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12. Including the people who wrote this headline.

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11. You’d have a whole other problem if they did.

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10. Yes. In fact that’s what it’s typically called.

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9. What were they expecting to find?

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8. Someone was really out to lunch.

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7. And therein lies the rub.

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6. As opposed to…?

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5. Maybe change at least one of those.

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4. You won’t believe this, but that’s why we build them!

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3. Did they tell you that themselves?

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2. And they’re bugs that fly!

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1. Now THAT’S a story!

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As a writer, I can’t cringe hard enough! Gah!