Cut And Paste Journalism

The Maven's Cut & Paste Journalism tidbit of the week, so far, goes to WANE TV for this story about a gentleman facing nine felony charges.

What makes this an award winning act of Cut & Paste Journalism is the fact that WANE's news writer merely cut and pasted the felony charges directly from the media handout from law enforcement. 

Here are the charges as they appear in the WANE news story:

While some charges are fairly easy to discern, others are confusing legal/cop speak. 

One would think that a news operation would strive to clearly communicate....but that, apparently, is too much like work for WANE TV.