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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:31 PM Original message |
What ever happened to good journalism? Is anyone else noticing idiocy like this: |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. yes, apparently good editors are lacking today |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I know several 5th graders who could have caught that |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. And a good writer wouldn't have written it |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I disagree; at least in my district we do teach writing and spend a LOT more time on it today |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Practice certainly works in favor of perfect |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I think all the copy editors have been let go. "Journalists" appear to be |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. That's due to spell check |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I preach to my students daily |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I tell people that anybody who uses spell-check REALLY needs a proofreader. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Spell-checkers aren't evil. They are helpful. |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. The local paper has a typo almost every day |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. Anyone who knows how to write well |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. You're nuthin' but an anti-apartmentist. n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. You figured me out! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I'm on to you. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. A friend of mine who was a former local TV reporter died |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I'm sorry to hear about your friend. n/t |
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DonEBrook (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. It died from chronic apartment complex. |
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Timmy5835 (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's the NEW reality |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. the new orleans newspaper is just as bad |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. As a rule, journalism majors are simply not bright. Their writing has been atrocious for years.... |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. I saw a user-written movie review complaining that a director's talent had gone down the "preverbal |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
23. I HATE dead apartments |
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bumblebee1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
24. I'm my husband's editor. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
25. Copy editors have become too expensive? |
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