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Curmudgeon complaint: Can't believe how many typos are in online stories


When I was a reporter in the 80s, the cardinal rule was to get the facts right, and to write with no errors/typos. To fail to do either would reduce your credibility.

I just read the article on Si.com about the Holiday Bowl being cancelled, and at the end of the article there are 3 typos in two paragraphs and a teaser below it. I see this everywhere now. I used to attribute it to the Twitter universe, i.e., if it is wrong, you just change it and you're good. Now I think people are just sloppier and care less.
[Post edited by WestyHokie at 10/23/2020 07:56AM]

Posted: 10/23/2020 at 07:56AM


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  Curmudgeon complaint: Can't believe how many typos are in online stories -- WestyHokie 10/23/2020 07:56AM
  Same. My high school drilled writing into us. I had to turn in a 3 or 5 -- Hokie CPA 10/23/2020 12:23PM
  And how about owner's manuals for products made in China? Sheesh. -- Will Stewart  10/23/2020 11:55AM
  Good lord. Technical writing sounds like the -- VTreddog 10/23/2020 12:02PM
  It would surprise you how you Just. Don't. See. It. When editing. -- Will Stewart  10/23/2020 11:48AM
  Agreed. I see egregious errors in most of what I read online these days. -- MP4VT2004 10/23/2020 11:08AM
  It began when they stopped offering the football phone. ** -- MEHOKIE 10/23/2020 09:49AM
  Back then, a newspaper reporter would have to meet say a 9pm deadline to -- Hokie360 10/23/2020 09:14AM
  That argues for more speed, not lack of editing and skill -- WestyHokie 10/23/2020 12:31PM
  Good point ** -- coshokie 10/23/2020 10:40AM
  Guess you can credit Baby Boomers being replaced by Millennials. -- EDGEMAN 10/23/2020 09:13AM
  That's certainly changed, I even suspect a lot of old school reporters -- `lag 10/23/2020 08:52AM
  Agreed. My belief is that news organizations have cut so much from their -- farragut 10/23/2020 08:44AM
  Attention to detail is lacking everywhere. I have caught myself saying, -- Vtskier1 10/23/2020 08:31AM
  My dad would say that every time I'd make a mistake -- Hurley09 10/23/2020 08:47AM
  There's no stopping El primero Hurley! :) ** -- Vtskier1 10/23/2020 08:51AM
  I'm not even sure people really write some of those stories -- typed by ben 10/23/2020 08:03AM

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