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Who is editing stories for quality/correctness before release to the Public WEBSITE
OldSaltyDawgFan
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Look at the latest story from Mike Griffith https://www.dawgnation.com/football/florida-mullen-miami-fun-wild-sloppy
Under the lead photo it says Georgia coach Dan Mullen......................really
SMH
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C’mon man!!!
It’s just not here, but typos and just flat out mistakes are all over print media ..... I’ve been reading and writing since 1968 and with the spell check software now, there is an exponential increase in errors ...back in the Stone Age there were hardly any .....not logical
The position of editor must have been job eliminated by machines
Outlets can’t hire copy editors bc no one pays for anything any more and online advertising doesn’t pay enough.
Maybe we start a gofundme to fix it? Anyone in? Lmk
How about the educated writers proof their own work before going live with it? Just a thought...
Bc they are probably posting this late at night on little sleep. As a writer myself some things you just miss. That’s why they hire copy editors who’s sole job is to do what you’re asking. The writers aren’t making as much as the ones they cover so this stuff happens.
If it makes you mad, I’ll put you down for a contribution to this hypothetical gofundme
@Kasey Did I say I was mad? Sounds like you are the one getting heated.
In today's world you do more with less like in any other profession. Take the extra ten minutes to reread it and edit.
Part to the Biz model: writer you are on your own. Tough to do IMO.
If I do it’s bc complaining about something without offering solutions beyond “do better at your job” makes me a little grumpy. Guess not everyone is solution oriented these days and just want to complain about something
@Kasey, doing better at your job is a solution. Take that same concept and apply it to any other profession and see how long you are employed. I couldn't imagine going to work and saying the work I did was full of errors and my reason is that I didn't have someone look it over first.
Part of the problem is time. With the hurry to get content out the door and the need to self edit. Everyone is trying to edit their writing as soon as they are finished writing it. Their brain plays tricks on them and they do not see the errors that would be easy to see the next day.
I see the errors but i am never at a loss for the meaning so it does not reallly bother me. Not saying your experience should be like mine just saying it's something i have adapted to these days.
But it’s the job of a copy editor, which they don’t have...so now what.
And if my boss told me “do better” with giving me instructions on what to do In order to be better, they’d be out the door before me
@Kasey, did someone else write the article? Because in any other profession you don't blame others for your screw up. This is a dead cause!
Just know that in other professions, as odd as it sounds, if you make an error, you own that error. Weird, right?
Big picture is Mike flew to Orlando to cover our hated rival. So far from listening to his FB post he is making a lot of sense. I am appreciative of this content to listen to as I knock out some morning chores.