Sure, one can blame a cheap keyboard for the first gaffe, but the Maven would ask "kids, where is the "southeast side of down"?
Second Item:
Those poor kids must not have access to a dictionary or AP Style Guide. What's bad is the headline actually uses the words correctly, but the capitalization error only adds the the comedy of errors. "Law firm" is two words, really. Two words, like "dumb ass".
Not to be out done, 21Alive has a confusing news story on their website.
The Maven is not really sure why this story is in the Local section. It takes place in North Carolina and features no one from Fort Wayne in the story.
Compounding the confusion, two claiming seem to be claiming authorship of the article, ABC11-Web News AND 21Alive's Jen Danczak - 21Alive. Perhaps the stations have a news-sharing relationship, Or someone is a sloppy thief.
You can find the stories, still not corrected here:
http://www.wowo.com/victim-struck-and-killed-by-car-may-actually-have-been-hit-by-two-cars/
http://www.21alive.com/news/local/Man-dies-Saturday-after-running-in-Raleighs-Krispy-Creme-Challenge-367929801.html
FWMM:
ReplyDeleteFirst off, LOVE the Chef Ramsay meme!!!
Well, I suppose that when you life here (on the SE side), that "southeast side of "DOWN" does have it's place as a descriptor...LOL.
We're (in many ways) down in more ways that people think.
(except in CRIME...we're very "UP" there)
But to use it in what is the "proper" media (and not my blog), shows a lack of PROOFREADING.
And I can definitely see the correlation between LAW-FIRM and DUMB-ASS.
Good call there.
Wow, didn't know that RALEIGH, N.C. was considered LOCAL now.
Guess Mayor Tom Henry is REALLY pushing that ANNEXATION agenda.
:)
Very good post.
Stay safe (and well--informed) out there.