I opened today's paper, and read through, to find a horror of a level that leaves me damn near speechless. On page 1E, the main headline for the main article of the Life and Style page, this abomination:
Please note that this is an actual scan of the paper I am holding in my hand right now.
I really... this is just mind boggling.
Macon Telegraph, spellcheckers are not an appropriate replacement for actual editing. A mistake this glaring would be bad enough in text, but in a headline?
I'm sorry, but this is simply unacceptable. I'm used to seeing this crap on internet forums and YouTube videos, but a professional newspaper? Just because you're supposed be writing at a fifth grade level doesn't mean you should be making fifth grade grammar errors.
Please note that this is an actual scan of the paper I am holding in my hand right now.
I really... this is just mind boggling.
Macon Telegraph, spellcheckers are not an appropriate replacement for actual editing. A mistake this glaring would be bad enough in text, but in a headline?
I'm sorry, but this is simply unacceptable. I'm used to seeing this crap on internet forums and YouTube videos, but a professional newspaper? Just because you're supposed be writing at a fifth grade level doesn't mean you should be making fifth grade grammar errors.
3 comments:
oh! Where, oh where did you get this awesome background??
-Creativemess1995
Originally from jackbook.com, but that site is defunct now. I got the working copy from here:
http://www.bloggerblogtemplates.com/2008/04/rainbow-garden-blogger-template.html
hahahahaha "there."
it's like youtube commenters have invaded the Telegraph's offices.
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