Our Nation’s Youts
A guy I follow on Twitter, @kopper, posted a link to this delicious tidbit, and I could resist screen-capping it for posterity. It’s a news item posted on the website of our very own local KMOV. (Your News, Your Weather, Your Life.)
Presumably this guy both attended and graduated from J-school. This fact would make my heart weep for de youts of our nation, but my heart has long since ceased giving a shit about anything.
Seriously, I wouldn’t let an 8th grader get away with this kind of bullshit. I mean, this is so far beyond needing an editor. This is needing a literacy coach. This should engender in us all a deep and abiding sense of shame for this person having “earned” a high school diploma.
“Police say Ward’s daughter would not let him see his grandchild because for one reason.” indeed.
Filed under: media sucks | Comments (3)3 Responses to “Our Nation’s Youts”
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Andrew Bell on
January 15, 2009 12:41 am
It’s a pretty bad sign when I read through the whole article without noticing anything wrong. Then when I read it again, I realized how hard it was to read. I guess I get used to reading (and writing) terrible grammar I just glaze over mistakes. -
SuperBadGirl on
January 15, 2009 7:47 am
Oh that is awful! See, you’re young too – aren’t you? I am telling you, ppl gots no more writin skillz. -
Heidi on
January 18, 2009 8:26 pm
Holy Crap. Looking at his picture, he doesn’t look particularly stupid, either. Like, he could blend. I guess we’d be able to identify him as soon as he opened his mouth, though.
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