"Applying for Payroll"

In yesterday's paper was an article about a 33-year-old man who killed a cop fifteen years ago, who is now petitioning for a change in his sentence. The article said the man is "applying for payroll." Who in the world edits these things! If the error is something that can get by spell check, the writers don't catch the mistakes - and there are errors every day. Somebody told me that the copyediting is outsourced to India. I believe it. It's enough to make me cancel my subscription.