Why news organizations need an editor or proofreader

[rpannier]

From msn. An article about a woman in Colorado who was arrested for murder:

She was taken into custody and cooked at the Garfield County Jail.

[Archae]

1. It's not just news organizations...

Message boards including here are notorious for bad spellers or using "auto-correct" that puts the wrong words in.

[LiberalFighter]

2. They probably submit their articles using a cell phone.

[gab13by13]

3. Maybe they meant her goose was cooked.

I listen to people on TV constantly use the plural instead of the singular, especially sports announcers, e.g. the team is on "their" way to the playoffs.

[allegorical oracle]

6. Amen!

I've been a copy editor and I can tell you that English usage is declining.

[highplainsdem]

4. That sort of thing's way too common now, and it makes me wince. Though

now and then I'll get a good laugh from a really imaginative misspelling.

[Guilded Lilly]

5. I appreciate the humor, yes! :D...

The sloppiness still annoys me.👎🏼

[cbabe]

7. Low pay and overseas outsourcing have made

copyediting a lost profession.

Robo-journalism, AI generated ‘stories’, are more common than commonly known. Used by AP, Reuters, LA Times….

I love writing. Hurts to see it so debased.