Thursday, November 28, 2013

Media Tidbits

The Maven has a few tidbits of media stupidity for your Thanksgiving Day consumption.

While one would consider the morning newspaper, The Journal Gazette, a source of accurate information, one has to wonder how they could botch the name of a well-know road in southeast Allen County. 
To wit: the headline and body copy referring to "Trenman" Road, as opposed to the correct spelling of "Trentman" Road. 



The Maven wonders if the unpaid intern, who most likely created this story, was having a bad day. While one could suggest the proofreader was neglectful, remember, they fired them years ago. The third possibility is that the press release from the County Highway Department contained the misspelling. Either way, the JG missed it, and published it for us all to see. 

Now, part two:
WOWO news dutifully reports about a shooting. However, what makes this story interesting is that, according to the overly lip-glossed "journalists" at WOWO News, police are not looking for a person, but rather, a gun. Strange. Apparently WOWO is not aware of the old yarn "guns don't kill people, people kill people". 



One more:
A perfect holiday drinking game for you. It's very simple. Every time a WOWO News person utters the words "According to your partners in news, 21 Alive".....take another guzzle of Moscato. Winner hits the floor first. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

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