WPTA ABC21Alive Fubars Continue

First, the BAD news: WPTA ABC21Alive continues to look foolish with numerous spelling and grammar errors.

The GOOD news? No one can accuse WPTA ABC21Alive of using AI, artificial intelligence, apps to write their news. Those AI apps would do a much better job.

The latest from the kids on Butler Road:

What kind of birds are those?

 

Try to read the first sentence. Dare you. 

And this memorable mess from a few days ago:

The Maven is not sure what's going on at WPTA ABC21Alive. Perhaps the Fort Wayne Literacy Alliance can step in and hold some classes for WPTA ABC21Alive news staffers. 

Awards Mean Little Except To Those Receiving Them

The Maven "congratulates" WPTA ABC21Alive for their most recent "award". 

Nice work, kids.
Looking at WPTA ABC21Alive's announcement online, one has to conclude that SPELLING was not one of the criteria for their major award. 

OK, so it's a "small" spelling error but the Maven is reminded of a quote from former anchor/diva/regional Emmy winner Alexis Gray who chided critics of WPTA ABC21Alive's sometimes sensationalized breaking news coverage by saying that "facts don't matter during breaking news...our newscasts save lives". So, the Maven has to conclude that nuisances like spelling, grammar, and punctuation don't matter as long as they are saving lives. Got it. 

In case you're wondering what incident prompted the "facts don't matter ... our newscasts save lives" response can be seen in the Twitter posts from the day of the incident.