WORCESTER, Mass. — A local union in greater Boston is claiming that the Worcester Telegram & Gazette apologized after an ad supporting Rep. Joe Kennedy III’s candidacy for U.S. Senate incorrectly spelled the City of Worcester’s name as ‘Worchester.’
The T&G apologized for their error. We accept their apology and correction. We’re proud to support JK3 and the T&G. The T&G provides great community journalism. PS - There’s a typo in your tweet about their typo. “Every” is spelled with an E. Clearly, everyone makes mistakes! 👍
— Local 103 IBEW (@IBEW103) August 30, 2020
Local 103 IBEW, a local electricians and technicians union, is the organization that paid for the pro-Kennedy ad. And while they said that the Worcester Telegram & Gazette apologized for the ad, the paper tweeted out on Monday that they were not at fault for the misspelling.
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The city of Worcester was misspelled in a full-page political advertisement published on Page A16 of the Sunday Telegram. The client provided the camera-ready artwork for the advertisement, which included the mistake. It was not built by the T&G or Gannett Company Inc.
— telegramdotcom (@telegramdotcom) August 31, 2020
The paper pointed to the union for the error, saying that Local 103 IBEW provided the artwork for the advertisement, including the misspelling.
John Walsh, the campaign manager for Sen. Ed Markey, the incumbent senator who Kennedy is running against in Massachusetts’ Democratic Primary, took to Twitter Sunday morning to post about the ad and its errant spelling.
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On the bus today for the Leads and Delivers tour.
— John Walsh (@JohnEWalsh14) August 30, 2020
We’re heading to Central Mass.
Hey Lou, very time I plug #Worchester into the GPS, it keeps coming up Enfield. Can any body help a guy out? pic.twitter.com/IphKi80cDc
Massachusetts’ Democratic Primary for one of the state’s U.S. Senate seats will be held on Tuesday, September 1.
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