I thought there was a thread about mistakes in the media before, but hey... the plan for this thread is to keep a record of mistakes made in the mass media. Not lies and deliberate misdirection, just obvious and daft mistakes.
Here's one from the Sky News website this evening.
[align=center]Paradise Lost: Tourists Leave Riot Islands
5:04pm UK, Thursday February 19, 2009
Tourists have begun leaving a pair of riot-hit French Caribbean islands as France finally gave-in to campaigners demanding a higher cost of living.[/align]
The campaigners were demanding a higher cost of living? I can picture it now 'Jean, I just don't think we're paying enough for our fois-gras... Let's get out on the streets and demand action!'
Obviously the writer should have written 'higher standard of living'.