Charles Apple

Denis Finley, editor of the Virginian-Pilot, wrote a page-one column today in which he apologized for reversing the score of the Super Bowl in Monday’s paper:

Finley writes:

How could this happen? Many of you asked that question Mon day in e-mails and phone calls to The Pilot. No, the sports department is not filled with Indianapolis Colts fans. Yes, we proof the paper. No, we did not have a Super Bowl party here.

It was, as simply as I can put it, human error. It’s hard to believe we can make a mistake like this when at least a half-dozen veteran journalists were involved in producing Monday’s Sports section. It’s hard to believe we can mess up what is arguably the biggest sporting event of the year, but we did.

I’ll also note that my old friend Denis felt compelled to forgo his usual smiling mug shot for one that seemed a little more somber:

Find the entire column online here.

In case you missed it yesterday, yes, the Pilot got the scores reversed on Monday’s sports front:

The error is in orange, just beneath the headline:

The Pilot got it right on Monday’s page one…

…but Denis reports it was also wrong on page nine of sports. I missed that one. And I’ve already thrown out my paper, dammit.

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