The Worst Newspaper Mistake in the History of Sri Lankan Journalism

[earthling]

The Island News paper published this on May 15th 2008 in the "Children's Section - Happy Island"

Source

 

[tharinda07]

 

[mottaya]

menna ban pattara......... feeding da childrens mind...

 

[thanu26]

oh my god!!!!!

 

[ufirst]

Ohh

 

[homoelectronics]

Appata siri....

 

[icreations]

Damn.... Patta paper eka

 

[olympic]

aththada???

 

[DJ ASHAN]

shu

 

[nimaz]

omg!! must have been a misatake
pau wadey

 

[ramesh_091]

korra patharaya.... hehe

 

[nj542]

repost.......

very very old story

 

[ruwanfer]

Nice photoshop work......

 

[fazaal24]

Oh Dear

 

[fazaal24]

The comment on the blog:

The Island claims someone hacked into their computer and replaced what was originally supposed to go up, an explanation as outrageous and incredible as the “nursery rhymes” they published.

 

[dxxcxxxx]

 

[amiya]

Editd da ?

 

[anarkalee]

 

[earthling]

Nice photoshop work......

not a photoshop job ban...this actually happened... Island claimed someone hacked their computers & replaced the poems.. Dont they proof read before printing ?

This was just Total negligence on their part...

Imagine Podi ewun asking their mothers "Ammi..whats a hairy pie or whats a dick ??" Sira case

 

[Danurp]