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* But mistakes do happen…

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:07 am

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  1. No “Dewey Defeats Truman” — but pretty bad.

    Bet they wouldn’t misspell Rauner ;-)

    Comment by Roman Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:10 am

  2. Eh, what’s a letter between fiends?

    Comment by Perrid Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:10 am

  3. I’m awaiting a headline about “Governor Ruiner.” Any day now.

    Comment by Linus Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:14 am

  4. As we all know, extraneous Ks were employed by southern businesses as a signal to segregationists that they shared goals. Thus, the Trib is probably just acting out of an abundance of caution.

    Comment by Arsenal Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:15 am

  5. ILGOP can help them photoshop it.

    Comment by P. Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:16 am

  6. Vince McMahon: “YOU’RE FIRED!!!!!!”

    Comment by Stir Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:17 am

  7. My Col. McCormick Tribune newspaper hat tells me typos happen often.

    Odds are today, I’ll make quite a few typos.

    I’m not a newspaper. So there’s that too…

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:17 am

  8. Maybe they hired the guy who edits Dan Proft’s “newspapers.”

    Comment by Telly Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:18 am

  9. Who’s this “Pritzer” fella? Never heard of him…

    Comment by Shamrockery Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:18 am

  10. If Rauner ever says his name — he won’t, but if he does — this is how he’ll say it.

    Especially when he’s wearing Carhartt and standing in a downstate diner holding a plate of pancakes. He’ll drop the ‘G’ on purpose.

    Comment by Mr. K. Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:18 am

  11. Kinda like the insistence by some on the right of calling it the Democrat Party.

    Comment by Gruntled University Employee Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:18 am

  12. I guess the Editorial Bored was on brake.

    Comment by Reese's Pieces Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:18 am

  13. Here, and I thought I’d missed a great story of the AFL-CIO rescinding their endorsement and the Trib failing to cover, only to find it was about a missing 0.00001 fluid oz. of newsprint.

    Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:20 am

  14. I wonder if the union knows they backed this Pritzer guy? Somebody got some ’splainin’ to do.

    Comment by My New Handle Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:21 am

  15. Faik Noose!

    Comment by Juvenal Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:22 am

  16. Ah, non-union labor.

    Comment by Free Set of Steak Knives Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:23 am

  17. I’m waiting for a commenter to blame it on Rauner and the media that he conTROLLs.

    Comment by Jake From Elwood Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:23 am

  18. That missing ‘k’ stands out like a missing toilet.

    Comment by A guy Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:23 am

  19. Wanna bet that the newspaper that loves complaining about government incompetence doesn’t fire a single manager over this?

    Comment by Free Set of Steak Knives Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:25 am

  20. Just keeping this post consistent with Trib’s new editorial guidelines. LOL

    Comment by Ferro the Zerro Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:31 am

  21. Dropping the “g’s” like someone else we all know.

    Following their leader, I guess.

    Comment by illini Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:33 am

  22. At the next editorial board meeting JB should take them a box of Special K cereal

    Comment by DuPage Saint Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:36 am

  23. D**n, forget what I wrote, not enough coffee yet today to get my mind working right - sorry.

    Comment by illini Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:41 am

  24. Is the letter *k* FA_E NEWS?

    Comment by Mike Cirrincione Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:47 am

  25. Just making sure Rauner can claim Pritzker photoshopped it when he uses the headline in a commercial

    Comment by Biker Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 9:53 am

  26. This K-ontroversy made me think of the very underrated performance Eddie Murphy gives in Steve Martin’s BOWFINGER as a paranoid movie actor, who counts up all the K’s in his latest movie script and they are evenly divisible by 3 and a conspiracy theory is born… The movie is hilarious.

    Comment by 32nd Ward Roscoe Village Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 10:04 am

  27. Everything they do is designed to help Rauner. Whether it’s blowing up property tax system (which is a mess) at a time when the Gov is hanging his hat on property taxes or misspelling Pritzker or using a overweight tuxedo picture of Pritzker. There are no coincidences or mistakes.
    And if any of the other candidates emerge as a threat to Bruce they will get the same treatment. I know, I know I have a tinfoil hat but at some point we have to call it. The Trib has zero credibility and is stacking the deck.

    Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 10:04 am

  28. Close enough.

    Comment by Nieva Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 10:05 am

  29. Any press is good press… as long as they get the name right… Never mind.

    Comment by Triple fat Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 10:07 am

  30. I thought the Rauneristas were comfy droppin’ Gs, not Ks.

    Comment by Chicago Cynic Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 10:14 am

  31. Stand down lucky Pierre. Madigan does not control the typesetters Union

    Comment by Porgy Tirebiter Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 10:15 am

  32. I once saw a SunTimes article with the headline: “Headline goes here.”

    Comment by Chicago Cynic Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 10:15 am

  33. What’s going on with the graphic in the masthead?

    You have the Hancock Building at dead center, with Sears Tower to the right, Trump Tower to the left and the lake in the foreground.

    The troncloydytes are entitled to their own scatter-brained opinions, but not their own geography.

    Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 10:24 am

  34. So what? The K wouldn’t fit. Would you rather we dropped the Z instead?

    Sheesh.

    Comment by Wallinger Dickus Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 10:28 am

  35. Who is this Pritzer character? I know Pritzker is running for governor.

    Comment by Levois Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 10:36 am

  36. Maybe this explains the extra “K” that the Trib adds to the name of their page two columnist.

    – MrJM

    Comment by @MisterJayEm Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 10:40 am

  37. Not nearly as embarrassing as their editorials.

    Comment by Daniel Plainview Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 10:45 am

  38. he’s made a real impression….

    Comment by Amalia Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 11:07 am

  39. Whats a newspaper?

    Comment by Blue dog dem Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 11:26 am

  40. I can’t blow up the picture to verify, but I didn’t think Illinois had a Gov race in 2008.

    Comment by ChrisB Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 11:31 am

  41. Cut more copy editors, we need another 0.00000000016 percent for the quarterly dividend!

    Comment by Northsider Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 11:40 am

  42. The Trib must have cut back on quality control. Embarrassing!

    Comment by Stones Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 12:00 pm

  43. Well, at least they did not call him “Susan.”

    Comment by Amalia Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 12:11 pm

  44. After spending all that personal money to boost his name recognition?

    Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 3:05 pm

  45. ===After spending all that personal money to boost his name recognition?===

    lol, well played…

    - Louis G. Atsaves -, your comment reminds me, accidents don’t happen… accidentally.

    ===After spending all that personal money to boost his name recognition?===

    Hmm.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 3:09 pm

  46. Dewey defeats Tuman?

    Comment by KINZIE Wednesday, Jun 7, 17 @ 4:49 pm

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