As editor
"Multiple editors worked on the page and should have noticed the problem" is a bit of a cop out. Ultimately, the managing editor is responsible for what is/isn't published.
Even if the magazine was at the presses, there would have been time to pull that advert. It would have cost a small fortune, but surely that expense would have been better than tarnishing a newspaper's reputation.
I once had to 'apologise' for something that was published that I knew nothing about and was someone else's 'fault'. But ultimately I had bite my lip and take the flak, because I'm the so-called 'editor' - and I should have noticed. However, I *never* would have published an apology implying that others working on the page should have noticed the problem.
I also wonder how many similar adverts the newspaper regularly publishes?
(, Mon 17 Dec 2012, 10:48, Share, Reply)