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momta

(4,198 posts)
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 10:51 AM Sep 2022

Yet another reason not to read CNN

They can't spell! This is a bullet point in their Ukraine story from this morning:

Ukraine claim’s its retaken more territory in southern Kherson region


I do try to be forgiving where grammar is concerned, but JFC, CNN!
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Yet another reason not to read CNN (Original Post) momta Sep 2022 OP
Another sign the R's have taken over. Scrivener7 Sep 2022 #1
👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 onecaliberal Sep 2022 #7
One would think that a purported "news" organization could at least hire niyad Sep 2022 #2
And possibly even an editor or two. momta Sep 2022 #4
Years ago, the "news" director at one of our local propaganda outfits told me, niyad Sep 2022 #9
Good for you. momta Sep 2022 #11
The wandering apostrophe. Apparently they have also fired their copy editors Walleye Sep 2022 #3
Excellent! momta Sep 2022 #5
Lol Joinfortmill Sep 2022 #6
Where are the editor's? 😬 onecaliberal Sep 2022 #8
Hoo know's; 2naSalit Sep 2022 #13
CNN must be fascist Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #10
OH NOES!!!!!! AZSkiffyGeek Sep 2022 #12
JFC, CNN!!! Go back to grade school and learn to spell. demigoddess Sep 2022 #14

niyad

(134,034 posts)
2. One would think that a purported "news" organization could at least hire
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 10:54 AM
Sep 2022

people who can spell , and write, correctly.

niyad

(134,034 posts)
9. Years ago, the "news" director at one of our local propaganda outfits told me,
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 11:18 AM
Sep 2022

after finally responding to multiple emails and messages about endless mistakes, that his staff was simply "too busy" to worry about such unimportant matters. And this was after telling me that I should not expect correct English, because they were, after all, journalism majors, not English. In reasonably correct English, German, Latin and Hungarian, I told him exactly what I thought of him and his staff.

momta

(4,198 posts)
11. Good for you.
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 11:38 AM
Sep 2022

Sounds like they were absolutely in the wrong business (in more ways than one).

Walleye

(45,436 posts)
3. The wandering apostrophe. Apparently they have also fired their copy editors
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 10:55 AM
Sep 2022

Or is it editor’s

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