Monday, August 1, 2016

You Had One Job.....

If you are going to copy off your neighbor's paper, the least you could do is copy correctly. 

When you hear or see the phrase "from our partners in news..." it usually means what you are about to hear, see or read has been copied from another, sometimes competing, news operation. 

That's fine, except the kids in the WOWO news room notoriously screw up simple copying. 

The latest insult to journalism: 


Here's the original (from WOWO's partner in news), 21Alive (they got it right):


There's a good chance the original WOWO story is still up on the interwebs, here:


The Maven wonders if the new owners of 21Alive will continue this news "partnership" given that WOWO news tends to make 21Alive look foolish by carelessly misstating the details of the news stories they "borrow" from them.  

And, for the record, kids....it's Harrison. Harrison, like the building down by Parkview Field. 





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