When editors don't

[madamesilverspurs]

-- from today's online front page



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[unblock]

1. Hey, spell check says it's good, what's the problem?

[lame54]

2. I see problem none with these blurb

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Made Me Laugh!

Dog thinks I'm nuts.
Sitting here on the couch laughing out loud.
He looked at me with the "You ok?" look!

[HotTeaBag]

3. You know, I find this sort of thing all the time when I'm on my phone

reading through articles and it drives me crazy - and it's not just from blog-type sites but the likes of Slate, WaPo, Vanity Fair etc., I don't get it.

[dmr]

5. I know! It irritates the hell out of me.

Our local newspaper, and our online news sources are terrible.

The lack of good grammar, punctuation, etc. doesn't make sense to me because most of the writers have studied journalism. Don't they teach these things?

Shouldn't their draft be well written before they send it to the editor? And, if there is no longer an editor, then I would think the writer would be triple careful.

Another issue I have is the lack of clarity. Many times I end up having more questions after reading their articles. They miss the who, what, when, where, why and how come.
<sigh>

[BComplex]

6. That's how you know that nepotism or politics got someone promoted to a position they

were not qualified for.