Quorum of the Twelve Apostates

Quorum of the Twelve Apostates
An Interesting Freudian Slip?

I haven't added much to the fun and humor section for awhile, but this is certainly worthy of note.

April 6, 2009 - Brigham Young University's student paper, the Daily Universe, made a very interesting typographical error.

Instead of typing the word 'apostles' into the caption of the photo published in their newspaper, somebody 'accidentally' slipped in the word 'apostates.' The caption reads the phrase as 'Quorum of the Twelve Apostates' rather than 'Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.'

Which by all accounts is hilarious.

But Brigham Young University is feeling the heat. And the local media are having a field day with the story.

Apparently, some 18,500 newspapers were recalled to be completely reprinted and students were simply notified to visit the newspaper's website until the new editions were published and distributed. (cont'd)

One story, found here, says that the error was a 'spelling' error. The Salt Lake Tribune also ran this story on the oopsy.

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The caption reads, 'Members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostates and other general authorities raise their hands in a sustaining vote Saturday morning during the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Annual General Conference held in the conference center in Salt Lake City.'

The reprinted editions corrected the 'mistake' and as many of the erroneous copies were recalled as was humanly possible. Except for a few that were scanned and placed on the internet for all to see.

Hopefully those in the believing camp can laugh it off and move on. It's been a very entertaining media moment for everyone.