Can anyone at BYU score me a copy of the Daily Universe from a couple of days ago?
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.
Make sure you follow the Apostates. A message from the Crotch of Jesus Thrust in Leather-gay Pants.
9 April 2009 at 1:18 am
The online article about how horrific the mistake was is absolutely hilarious. My favourite quote:
We are reprinting the paper and we will have the corrected version back on the racks by mid-afternoon,” Rawlins said. “This shows the deep concern we have on the matter. We don’t think this error is glib or cute or humorous. We understand people will take offense to the error. We ourselves are offended as a department for this error. We have a deep regret that it appeared in today’s paper.
http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/72090
9 April 2009 at 2:00 am
Very Relief Society. And if I have offended anybody here, I would just like to take the opportunity to say that I did not mean unto offend you, and I do apologise.
Oh, and I made a typo. This has been a massage from the Crotch of Jesus etc. Sorry about that.
10 April 2009 at 11:58 am
haha, good stuff.