Where are the editors at Beckett?

[horton16]

I'm not sure if there has been a thread on this subject already, but WOW!!

I picked up the Beckett Hockey magazine for Dec / Jan 2010 and Tavares is on the front cover with a title DEAR JOHN.

I'm reading the article written by Russ Cohen about Tavares, the Islander team, fans, hobby, hype, draft pick, etc, etc...

I turn to page 14 and there's a picture of Tavares after scoring a goal and in big bold orange print under the pic is JOHN TAVARES NEW YORK RANGERS #91 ??????:|

WTF. Who does the editing for hockey at Beckett?

I know errors in stories may be overlooked. However, to have the incorrect team of the player focused on the months magazine is inexcusable.

I'm aware Beckett has done this before and spelt the players name incorrectly and quoted wrong stats, etc.

You would think that because there are only a handful of pages with articles on them that Beckett would spend a little more time on ensuring the facts are accurate. They may actually employ individuals with extensive hockey knowledge to review the articles before going to print. Especially hundreds of thousands of magazines

Thanks for reading my two minute rant.

 

[terry1hockeyfan]

Save yourself the hassle and subscribe to HI!

 

[bidds55]

I saw that too. As terrible as Beckett has been, I was still shocked to see that.

 

[cards-gotta-go]

You would think that because there are only a handful of pages with articles on them that Beckett would spend a little more time on ensuring the facts are accurate.

Ha. Ha. Ha. Yeah, right.

 

[RGM81]

They can't get their bread and butter accurate half the time, why would you expect them to get a measly article right?

 

[hadesvengeance]

Or how about the hot inserts....#10 STEVE Varlamov...cup gold...
Varlamov cup gold was #3 and steve mason cup gold was #6
So who's Steve Varlamov????Lol is there a new rc i didn't know about??
mike

 

[quincy]

The quality of Beckett as a publication took a sharp downturn when Clint left. Al did the best he could, but eventually he too departed. What they've got left are people who aren't fit to sweep up after Moose'n'Squirrel.

 

[bto3105]

Once a staple mag is now gone downhill. This mistake doesn't surprise me

 

[Bulldog24]

Doesn't surpise me. I know who's manning the ship over there now and he's juggling two other mags and some side projects so he's stretched pretty thin and he's not a hockey guy. That being said, I do remember him spelling Gretzky with an "s" when he was an analyst and was putting a set in the software for me. lol!!!

 

[cburt]

I'm not sure if there has been a thread on this subject already, but WOW!!

I picked up the Beckett Hockey magazine for Dec / Jan 2010 and Tavares is on the front cover with a title DEAR JOHN.

I'm reading the article written by Russ Cohen about Tavares, the Islander team, fans, hobby, hype, draft pick, etc, etc...

I turn to page 14 and there's a picture of Tavares after scoring a goal and in big bold orange print under the pic is JOHN TAVARES NEW YORK RANGERS #91 ??????:|

WTF. Who does the editing for hockey at Beckett?

I know errors in stories may be overlooked. However, to have the incorrect team of the player focused on the months magazine is inexcusable.

I'm aware Beckett has done this before and spelt the players name incorrectly and quoted wrong stats, etc.

You would think that because there are only a handful of pages with articles on them that Beckett would spend a little more time on ensuring the facts are accurate. They may actually employ individuals with extensive hockey knowledge to review the articles before going to print. Especially hundreds of thousands of magazines

Thanks for reading my two minute rant.

Simply ridiculous. I haven't bought a Beckett in awhile so I wouldn't have known. But what a crucial thing to get wrong.