Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe MACOMB, Ill., March 9 (UPI) -- Western Illinois University's Western Courier newspaper apologized for a vulgar phrase mistakenly printed Monday in a sports byline. Ed Komenda, editor-in-chief of the Western Courier, said the phrase "bad mother" followed by a vulgar four-letter euphemism for fornication was accidentally printed in Monday's byline as a result of a template created years ago as a joke, WQAD-TV, Moline, Ill., reported Wednesday. Advertisement "That byline was in the template for years before I started, and it just so happens it got printed accidentally," Komenda said. "One of my favorite sayings is, 'In order to do something well, you have to do it bad first.' You make mistakes and you learn from them. That's how you learn to be an award-winning paper, by making a lot of mistakes," he said. The newspaper issued an apology for the profanity following the release of Monday's paper. "The editors of the Western Courier would like to formally apologize for letting foul language slip into the sports pages of Monday's edition," the apology stated. "Such language should not be printed in such a manner. We can assure you, it won't happen again." Advertisement
