Where have all the editors gone? They don't seem to work for Internet publishers. Not even the news. Maybe especially the news.
You don't expect personal blogs like this one to hire editors. Some of their charm is misspellings and embarrassing typos. (At least I hope so.)
But the news! That's another story. It seems like poor grammar, atrocious spelling, poorly structured paragraphs, repeated words (like the the), and other glaring errors are increasing. This morning I easily spotted an error in the first sentence of one news article and later read another one that started over again repeating the first two or three paragraphs half way through the page.
I'm not talking about debatable grammar rules like should you use "like" or "as" or "such as", or Does a period go on this side or that of a quote. I'm referring to glaring arrows like this one that I made purposefully to make the point. They aren't that hard to spot.
Is that stuff not taught in schools any more? Even if they don't, there's always spell check available. And it's not like we can't find grammar rules on the Internet or in a book. Or even on YouTube. (Where they teach you not to start a sentence with a conjunction.)
I find this trend to sloppiness somewhat disturbing. I think it's reflective of the contents of the news articles as well. On-line "news" articles are often rife with misdirection, bias, half-facts, opinions veiled as facts, missing facts, and just plain crap instead of actual news.
Where's Perry White when we need him?
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