An embarrassing typo in a BBC job advertisement is causing amusement: applicants were asked to identify themselves as “dead.”
A curious typo in a BBC job advertisement has caused some amused comments and embarrassed faces among those responsible, reports the Daily Mail. The BBC had advertised a full-time position for an “Assistant Producer, Audio North (Classical Music)” in Salford near Manchester.
According to the report, the position was to be filled as part of the BBC Extend programme, a ‘positive action’ programme aimed at deaf, disabled or neurodivergent people.
However, the job advert mistakenly used the word “dead” instead of “deaf”. The sentence therefore incorrectly read: “To apply, you should identify as dead, disabled or neurodivergent”. The typo was picked up on a classical music website and promptly commented on, according to the Daily Mail.
One user joked, “I know at least three people who are perfectly qualified for this job, they just don’t know it yet.” Another user added, “I think they mean ‘dead inside,’ which describes an overwhelming majority of today’s population.
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