Monday, March 4, 2013

Maven's Mailbag

A message from a FW Media Maven fan:


I hope that answer helps you out, Chuck. I know that you and your colleagues in the WOWO newsroom take your jobs and positions in the "information community" very seriously. I'm honored that you would take time away from your incredibly important duties to read what some gasbag wrote on a blog. 

While we're having a little fun with each other, let me seriously make one point. From the words and spirit of your message, it sounds like you and some your media brethren feel that typos, errors, lazy copy and bad presentation are not cause for concern; this is normal and accepted behvior. You can impugn the Maven's writing and mistakes all you want, but I no longer sit behind a microphone or labor in front of a typewriter (Mr. Zimney can show you a picture of a typewriter) and crank out content for the general public. You and your friends, on the other hand, are paid to be a trusted resource of information, presented in an accurate manner and using accepted standards of spelling, grammar and style.

Thanks, Chuck for being a good sport and setting the Maven straight about the acceptable practices of today's media. That has really helped. 

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