The Rag is not the only online publication that occasionally messes up headlines.
Look at this headline in today’s (April 20) Union-Tribune on their op-ed page. By the looks of it, apparently the U-T copy editor was celebrating 4/20 a little too early.
In the piece, two candidates for District 2 — Richard Bailey and Paul Suppa — had their responses to canned questions printed — yet the headline says “District 8.” Whoops. Hopefully, by Tuesday, headline will be corrected.
It’s okay. We occasionally tease our friends in the local media.
Goodness knows that we mess up too. (The Rag has many typos in our articles because our proofreader and copy editor are always on vacation.)
But it’s fun to do so when the other media platforms run on millions of dollars.
Not only the wrong District number but the title doesn’t make sense. The piece is a Q and A with current candidates, with a series of 6 Q and A’s planned. The series has nothing to do with any current City Council District.
Maybe the title makes sense but I would have titled it: “A Q and A Series with Candidates for City Council: Part 1, District 2.” However, the series says it will group the Q and A’s, “by length.” And will apply to all areas of San Diego. Perhaps a coincidence that this first piece featured 2 candidates for City Council District 2, Bailey and Suppa. These men are candidates for District 2, not District 8.