This newspaper’s epic headline fail is a copy editor’s worst nightmare

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Ever write something just as a place-holder just so you could come back to it later? [witty example here].

A local paper in the UK had what could honestly be a copy editor’s anxiety dream come to life.

Front page ready to go? You checked it?
Yeah, it’s good@CambridgeNewsUK pic.twitter.com/YqazwkQ7ZZ

— Gareth Marlow (@GarethMarlow) December 6, 2017

To be fair, “100 pt splash heading here” sounds like a major scoop.

If you think you’re having a bad day, just think how the editor of the Cambridge News must be feeling….😱

— Jacqui Oatley (@JacquiOatley) December 6, 2017 Read more…

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