{"id":254,"date":"2009-02-12T00:18:39","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T05:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/?p=254"},"modified":"2009-03-03T13:22:46","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T18:22:46","slug":"septa-philadelphia-beer-week-day-pass-screwup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/septa-philadelphia-beer-week-day-pass-screwup\/","title":{"rendered":"SEPTA Philadelphia Beer Week Day Pass screwup"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past Sunday I posted about<\/a> the SEPTA Philadelphia Beer Week Day Pass, and how awesome it will be for railfans. Well it seems the pass had a big error, one that slipped by me and almost everyone else. Except for\u00a0Brad Maule of phillyskyline.com<\/a>. He noticed that the background image on the pass was of the New York City skyline, and not the Philadelphia skyline.<\/p>\n

Hilarity ensued.<\/h3>\n

A spokesperson for Beer Week went as far as to try to convince a Metro<\/a> reporter yesterday that the image was of Philadelphia and that it featured City Hall.<\/p>\n

“Until we talk to the graphic artist, I’m not going to be able to tell for sure,” said Jerri Williams. “I don’t really recognize [anything] in the background.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow.<\/p>\n

Read all about it on Brad’s website from the link above. (He doesn’t have permalinks to individual posts so you’ll just have to scroll down until you find it.)<\/p>\n

Here’s the incorrect pass:<\/p>\n

\"SEPTA

SEPTA Philly Beer Week 2009 pass<\/p><\/div>\n

And here’s the corrected pass:<\/p>\n

\"**corrected**

**corrected** SEPTA Philly Beer Week 2009 day pass<\/p><\/div>\n

But the fun doesn’t have to end there. In an article on the subject by MSNBC<\/a>, while referring to the incorrect pass, a claim is made that “You can clearly see the Empire State Building in the background.” Really, now. Because I clearly don’t<\/strong> see the Empire State Building anywhere in that photo. In fact, the photo is of lower Manhattan, not midtown. Way to go, MSNBC…<\/p>\n

In case MSNBC edits the article, here’s a screen shot:<\/p>\n

\"MSNBC<\/a>

MSNBC ... FAIL<\/p><\/div>\n

Wow again.<\/p>\n

Source<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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