When joke captions get past editors, it’s no laughing matter

By Mike Hiestand
In early January, officials at Ohio State University apologized after it was discovered that a section of the university-produced media guide featuring prominent OSU graduates erroneously captioned a photograph of comedian Richard Lewis as ‘actor, writer, comedian, drunk.’
OSU officials explained that the caption was an ‘unintentional mistake’ on the part of its editor, [...]