Bad news is bad. Obviously. But sometimes bad news can be unintentionally hilarious.
Take a look at these brilliant newspaper and magazine fails for example. Compiled by Bored Panda, the list serves as a helpful reminder of why something as simple as a layout could turn even the saddest stories into something you can’t help but laugh about. After all, who puts a picture of a dog beside a headline relating to a violent sex offender? Or a picture of a man grilling meat beside a headline about dead cats? Either these publications have a twisted sense of humor, or they need to make their interviews harder when hiring for a layout editor…
#1 I Found This In My Country’s Newspaper. Bad Ad Placement
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#2 Why You Should Never Put A Bald Guy On The Cover Of Your Paper
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#3 Pooh’s On A Rampage
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#4 If You Edit A Magazine Called ‘Where’, You Really Ought To Be More Careful With Your Layout
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#5 Tombstoning Example
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#6 Tombstoning Example
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#7 Oops
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#8 Oh George, You Sly Dog
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#9 Unfortunate
#10 Shameless Health Trick
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#11 I Can Make You Thin
#12 Cookin’ Up Cats
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#13 This Was In The News Paper Yesterday
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#14 Layout Fail
#15 Poorly Placed Ad
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#16 Farewell
#17 You Can Panic Now
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#18 Chemical Weapons
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#19 Out With A Bang
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#20 Why Punctuation Matters
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#21 Everything About This Is Unfortunate
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#22 Oops
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#23 Advertising Placement Fail
#24 This Newspaper
#25 Bowling Ad Fail
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#26 This Magazine For Parents Fail
#27 Coincidence? I Think Not
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#28 Father’s Day Gifts
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#29 My Local Newspaper
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#30 Unfortunate Headline Placement
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#31 Unfortunate Placement Of Headlines
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#32 The Power Of Three
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#33 Queen Is Britain’s Worst Purse Snatcher
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#34 Man Jumps Of Ferry
#35 Comedy Festival
#36 Newspaper Fail
#37 Got Stumps?
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#38 This Is Either A Strange Article/photo Combination Or There’s A ‘K’ Missing
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#39 My Friend Is Cycling Round The World, This Is The Story The Local Paper Ran On Him Today
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#40 My Hometown Newspaper Had An Amusing Juxtaposition
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#41 Ad Placement Fail In The Irish Times
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#42 Taking Things Too Literally
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#43 Where Magazine
#44 Ad Placement Fail
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#45 The Telegraph Kisses Bin Laden Goodbye
#46 When Page Layouts Go Bad
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#47 Rapist In Pilot’s Training
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#48 Unfortunate Placement Of Headlines
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#49 Local Newspaper
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#50 Unfortunate Photo Placement
#51 Cold Blooded Murder Trio
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#52 I’m Sure This Looked Great In InDesign. Dear Me
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#53 Great Layout
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#54 Magazine Title In Scotland
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#55 Never Would Have Labelled William And Kate As Extremists Myself
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#56 German Tombstoning: “Refugee Crisis Becomes Matter For The Boss”
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#57 An Unfortunate Association
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#58 Found This Newspaper Fail Today
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#59 Front Page News
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