01-15-2007, 07:46 AM
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jobst.brandt@stanfordalumni.org wrote:
> Bill Sornson writes:
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>> Peddling...
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>> http://apnews.excite.com/article/200...D8MKTCTG0.html
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> These are the same editors who let BS like:
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> The roadway was blocked by an overturned tanker truck.
> The road was blocked by and overturned tanker (or tank truck).
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> We'll have more on that in the eleven o'clock hour.
> We'll have more on that at eleven.
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> We've seen enough of these kinds of things.
> We've seen enough of these things.
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> I spoke to a friend of mine about this.
> I spoke to a friend about this.
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> Six people were killed when their car ran off the bridge.
> Six people died when their car ran off the bridge.
> [one might imagine that the police shot them]
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> The robbery took place while the residents were away.
> The burglary took place while the residents were away.
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> The injured were laying on the roadway after the crash.
> The injured were lying on the road after the crash.
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> ...
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> It's a long list that grates on readers sensitivities if there are
> any. It's just edjumacation.
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> Jobst Brandt
Come on.
You 'know' the news people are not hired for literacy but rather camera
'presence' and reporters and copy writers for newspapers are deadline
driven. 5 minutes for a proofread by another writer, can't do it, might
miss the deadline.
Hurry, publish something, anything.
Modern life.
Bill Baka
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