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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