Newspaper Accidentally Posts String of Expletives in Otherwise-Mundane Column

Today was probably uncomfortable in the newsroom of the Mumbai Mirror. The person who edits the “Things to do in Mumbai today…” section seems to have left a string of curse words in an entry about a romantic restaurant.

Here, look at this tweet:

Some copy editor’s going to have a not-so-nice day. pic.twitter.com/FxRZ4NOPc3

— Shikha (@TheCommanist) December 29, 2016

Here is how that same date night suggestion now appears on the website:

The tweet made journalists cringe. Placeholder text is common. Sometimes, editors forget to remove it. Rarely, though, does it say… well, you read what it said.

editor1: I once left a TK in an article

editor2: Hold my beer… https://t.co/cnWT1rxwhZ

— Maki Scare-o? (@sciencecomic) December 29, 2016

at least they ended up choosing the right pic https://t.co/ReMwVs3mwl

— Alison Mah (@alisonmah) December 29, 2016

This is why you just go XXXXXXX sheeeeesh. https://t.co/IPdEdLU3Lg

— Drew Garrison (@DrewGarrisonSBN) December 29, 2016

One of the first rules I learned on subs desk was NEVER swear in placeholder text no matter how funny it seems at the time https://t.co/L4yU3eDObE

— Steven Kiernan (@StevKiernan) December 29, 2016

We have reached out to the paper for comment.

[image: Ljupco Smokovski]

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