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Take a look at this headline on FoxNews.com this morning. Proofread much?
May 20, 2017, 01:26 AM
Balzé HalzéTake a look at this headline on FoxNews.com this morning. Proofread much?
Seriously. Who does Fox News have working over there? Educated recently in one of today's Universities no doubt. What a joke...
American Airlines flight forced to land after electrical order is detected Published May 19, 2017 Associated Press
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MORRISVILLE, N.C. – An American Airlines flight has made an unscheduled landing at a North Carolina airport after a strong electrical odor was detected on board.
Spokeswoman Katie Cody said Flight 1889 from Charlotte to Hartford, Connecticut, was diverted to Raleigh-Durham International Airport, where it landed safely at 5:01 p.m. Friday.
Cody said three crewmembers were taken to the hospital as a precaution. She said a maintenance crew is evaluating the Airbus 320.
A statement from Raleigh-Durham said six others on the flight were checked out by medical responders, but declined to go to the hospital.
Another American flight diverted on its way to Charlotte. Flight 1866 from Providence, Rhode Island, to Charlotte, reported an engine-related issue en route and diverted to Hartford. No one was hurt.
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/...der-is-detected.html
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charlie12Our local media is just a bad in Baton Rouge.
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May 20, 2017, 02:08 AM
12131Umm, it's AP, not Fox News, who did the article, if you had paid close attention.
Q
May 20, 2017, 02:24 AM
Balzé Halzéquote:
Originally posted by 12131:
Umm, it's AP, not Fox News, who did the article, if you had paid close attention.
It's a fair point. But do a Google search and FoxNews is the only website with that illiterate headline.
~Alan
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"Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle May 20, 2017, 02:39 AM
12131I'm just messing with you.
But I agree, who are these people who are supposed to be well educated? I mean, the damn title doesn't even make sense, as written.
Q
May 20, 2017, 03:11 AM
Balzé HalzéI understand mistakes happen, even ones like this where you're writing and thinking fast and you write out the word the way it sounds in your mind.
What I don't get is how something like that gets past the proofreaders and makes it to "print." It confounds me.
Anyway, I was just browsing the day's news as I was having my morning baguette and coffee with the in-laws, and that headline just made me shake my head.
~Alan
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"Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle May 20, 2017, 04:20 AM
flashguyHeadline typist made a typo and the spell checker put in the word it "thought" was intended. No one caught it.
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Texan by choice, not accident of birth May 20, 2017, 05:18 AM
OrgussIt's not as if this is a unique occurrence, though. I see spelling mistakes in published material all the time.
"I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" May 20, 2017, 05:33 AM
Balzé Halzéquote:
Originally posted by Orguss:
It's not as if this is a unique occurrence, though. I see spelling mistakes in published material all the time.
Hardly a spelling mistake.
And it's the headline of the story.
~Alan
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Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan
"Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle May 20, 2017, 06:40 AM
rscalzoYears ago when first established, MSNBC was based in my town. I ran into many of them. the typical "snowflake" long before that term was in general use, they could barely find their way to work. They whined if they were forced to divert from their normal route due to some incident and thought the world revolved around them.
For a group that claims to support rights, they were the biggest offenders of handicap parking violations. When tagged (which I enjoyed doing) they cried like babies.
So I have no doubt those sending out these articles are any better. Most are probably per diem low paid students like all the rest.
May 20, 2017, 09:23 AM
Yellow JacketNo one in the media proofreads anything today.
They depend entirely on "Spell Check."
"Spell check" only checks the spelling of a word, it has no way of knowing if it's the correct word.
The newspapers are just as bad as the broadcast media.
Sadly, not that long ago the newspapers were extremely diligent about spelling and grammar.
I blame it on the dumbing down of our education system.
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BamaJeepsterThe proofreader was fired for textual harassment.
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CPTKILLERThe media in Austin makes dirt look intelligent.
May 20, 2017, 09:38 AM
GustoferFront page of my local weekly fish wrap this week was an article about an officer being assaulted during a traffic stop. It was the top story in big bold font and they spelled "assaulted" as "assulted".
Kind of makes you wonder if anyone proofreads.
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May 20, 2017, 09:44 AM
radiomanwhat does electricity smell like anyway?
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May 20, 2017, 09:48 AM
Skins2881quote:
Originally posted by radioman:
what does electricity smell like anyway?
If you have smelled it you know. Ozone.
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mbinkyEdgumacated? Who needs that!
May 20, 2017, 01:36 PM
Orgussquote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
quote:
Originally posted by Orguss:
It's not as if this is a unique occurrence, though. I see spelling mistakes in published material all the time.
Hardly a spelling mistake.
And it's the headline of the story.
Is the word misspelled? Then it's a spelling mistake. Doesn't matter where in the article it occurs. A typo is a typo.
"I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" May 20, 2017, 01:45 PM
ZSMICHAELHave you ever met an employed Newspaper Editor? It is sad. Of course there are some left in print journalism field. I have not found these sorts of errors in the Wall Street Journal or Time magazine as yet.
My nephew edits for nuclear science publications, so I know there is still a need. The average American is pretty ignorant so they probably never notice this sort of thing.
May 20, 2017, 01:57 PM
Rey HRHLook, the story was filed with Fox with a smartphone. Autocorrect struck again.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.