Apostles, not apostates: BYU paper's ungodly typo

[IJ Reilly]

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Thousands of issues of Brigham Young University's student newspaper were pulled from newsstands because a front-page photo caption misidentified leaders of the Mormon church as apostates instead of apostles.

An apostate is a person who has abandoned religious faith, principles or a cause.

The photo in The Daily Universe on Monday was of members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a governing body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at the weekend general conference.

The caption called the group the "Quorum of the Twelve Apostates." The mistake happened when a copy editor ran a computer spell check and apostate was suggested as the replacement for a misspelling of apostle.

"Unfortunately that's the one she clicked on," said Rich Evans, the paper's editorial manager. "It still should have been caught by two more levels of review after that, but again with deadline looming, the worst possible thing happened."

The typo was an honest mistake, said Carri Jenkins, spokeswoman for church-owned BYU. She said most of the 18,000 copies of the student paper were retrieved Monday morning and replaced with 10,000 corrected copies later in the day.

No university or church administrator has sought to punish anyone, Jenkins said.

"This is extremely rare," she said. "The focus today has been how and why the error occurred and what we can do to make sure that this does not happen again."

No disrespect to church leaders was intended, Brad Rawlins, chairman of the school's communications department, said in a statement.

"The Daily Universe is a student laboratory, and, while this fact does not excuse errors of this magnitude, it does mean that we go through a continuous learning and improvement process in order to enhance the quality of what we do," Rawlins said.

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Spellcheck strikes again!

 

[dejo]

Spellcheck strikes again!

'Tis a tool of the devil, I tells ya!

 

[mkrishnan]

I'm surprised this hasn't been on Failblog yet.

 

[IJ Reilly]

I'm surprised this hasn't been on Failblog yet.

It needs a photo.

 

[Boneoh]

Sounds like one of the Mormons was a Moron!

Sorry, no offense intended, just could not resist.

I guess if you were lucky enough to get a copy of the paper with the mistake, it will eventually be worth some money on the Antiques Roadshow.

 

[mkrishnan]

It needs a photo.

Hopefully someone has a snapshot of the failed page?

 

[IJ Reilly]

Hopefully someone has a snapshot of the failed page?

I hope someone saved one before the copies were recalled. I haven't been able to find it online.

I notice with great disappointment that this thread was bumped into the PRSI forum. This thread isn't about religion, it's about an amusing spellcheck error published in a newspaper.

 

[obeygiant]

Wah Wah Waaaaaah.

I'm sure Joseph Smith has rolled over.

 

[mkrishnan]

I notice with great disappointment that this thread was bumped into the PRSI forum. This thread isn't about religion, it's about an amusing spellcheck error published in a newspaper.

Hmmm, I didn't move it... I can test moving it out to Current Events and see what happens.

 

[P-Worm]

I go to the University of Utah (BYU's numero uno rival) and we've been hearing about this a lot. Oops.

P-Worm

 

[notjustjay]

Sounds like one of the Mormons was a Moron!

You mean MORAN, right?

 

[RedTomato]

Sounds like one of the Mormons was a Moron!

You're more right than you think. In Mormon mythology (it's a fascinating topic!) the secret golden plates containing their theology were revealed to Joseph Smith in 1820 by the Angel Moroni ...

Sorry I'm in the UK and I've never met a Mormon in my life, but something about their history just fascinates me. Whenever I want a giggle or fancy some befuddlement, I read up a bit more about them.

 

[iJohnHenry]

Apostles?? My, my, not too grande are we???

Oh well, no different than the Pope declaring himself God's voice on Earth, I guess.

 

[Rt&Dzine]

Sorry I'm in the UK and I've never met a Mormon in my life, but something about their history just fascinates me. Whenever I want a giggle or fancy some befuddlement, I read up a bit more about them.

You may be related to a (dead) Mormon. They practice posthumous baptisms on people all over the world.

 

[P-Worm]

Sorry I'm in the UK and I've never met a Mormon in my life, but something about their history just fascinates me. Whenever I want a giggle or fancy some befuddlement, I read up a bit more about them.

I wouldn't be surprised if you do know a mormon, you just don't know that they are one. I served my mission in the UK (London and the southern part of England, to be exact) and there are quite a number of members on your side of the pond. Just look out for the ones that don't drink alcohol and it's a good chance they're mormon.

P-Worm

 

[Thomas Veil]

...the secret golden plates containing their theology were revealed to Joseph Smith in 1820 by the Angel Moroni ...

He was the Italian angel, wasn't he?

You notice they never talk about the other angels: Zebrinski, Reinhart, Zapata, O'hara, and the black sheep of the family, Schwartz.