The Daily Telegraph prints apology for ANZAC Day printing bungle
News Corp’s The Daily Telegraph has issued a small apology to readers in today’s paper, apologising for the error which led to two pages from rival The Sydney Morning Herald finding their way into yesterday’s edition.
The two papers share a printing press – a cost-saving measure – with The Daily Telegraph blaming a “production error”.
The apology in today’s paper (Click to enlarge)
No further detail was given around what the exact error was, however The Daily Telegraph apologised for the inconvenience it caused.
The apology, on page two today, said:
An error occurred during the printing of the country editions of yesterday’s The Daily Telegraph.
As a result two pages from The Sydney Morning Herald were printed on page 18 and page 55.
Both papers share a printing facility in Sydney’s west and the error happened during the production process.
This was corrected for the later metro editions which reached Sydney. All steps will be taken to ensure such an error does not occur again.
We apologise for any confusion this caused.
Yesterday, observers and journalists alike took delight in the error on Twitter.
I am sure the @dailytelegraph readers will be ever so grateful for the addition of the opinion pages of the @smh in their #AnzacDay copy but spare a thought for some hapless printer who is about to feel the full wrath from News Corp. https://t.co/6kGqA4B3HP
— Kate McClymont (@Kate_McClymont) April 24, 2019
It’s an Allocamelus! A mythical hybrid Heraldic that has the head of a donkey and the body of a camel!
Today’s Daily Telegraph features the SMH Anzac editorial pages https://t.co/GqGAJa7GsG
— ???????? ?????? (@samanthamaiden) April 24, 2019
I think we call this a collectors’ edition … of today’s combined @smh and @dailytelegraph pic.twitter.com/i2YXRDLEpm
— Jasper Lindell (@jclindell) April 24, 2019
Due to a production error, some politically balanced opinion pieces appeared in today’s Telegraph. We apologise for any distress. https://t.co/Yx9CjnZ4qx
— richard glover (@rgloveroz) April 25, 2019
The SMH opinion pages getting printed in the Daily Telegraph is brilliant, but this 2014 Fin Review misprint is still the GOAT imo pic.twitter.com/ZhZBLmXbK3
— Tim Van Der Laan (@vanderlaan_tim) April 25, 2019
