April 9, 2009

BYU student newspaper gaffe: LDS "Apostates" not Apostles




The student newspaper of Brigham Young University, The Daily Universe, printed a typo of epic proportions. A front-page caption for a picture of the LDS Church's 12 Apostles referred to the LDS Apostles as "apostates" instead of "apostles."

The paper later printed a lengthy apology for the typo and had to pull 18,000 copies from newsstands. According to the Associated Press, the paper's staff retrieved most of the 18,000 errant papers and replaced them with 10,000 corrected versions.

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