This whole Internet thing has really taken off over the years. So much so that it is widely considered a credible medium for communication, especially from “trusted” news sources. With that said, when did it become so acceptable to publish mistake laden and/or poorly written news stories?
Take this “story” from the Associated Press via cbs13.com.
(AP) FAIRFIELD, Calif. Fairfield police are looking robber who wore only black underwear as he held up a convenience store.
Please to explain how an author, editor, journalist, etc. can publish a story without viewing it for errors. I know I can’t publish a post on this here web log with a typo or grammatical error without hearing about it before it has even finished pinging rss feeds. Furthermore, the date on this story is “Apr 19, 2006 7:08 am US/Pacific” and it is currently Apr 19, 2006 12:48 pm US/Pacific as I type. Ugh.
Perhaps I am just annoyed because this error has distracted me from the overall hilarity of this story. And that title, come on, is rich.
The Sac Rag 
There have been numerous errors in online news reports lately from formerly trustworthy sources. The story on KOVR’s site regarding that horrible crash in Granite Bay referred to “vechicles.” Moreover, with increasing regularity, articles feature contractions that are grammatically incorrect — the most noteworthy one is “there’s people protesting…” No, there ARE people protesting. Saying “there’s” is like saying “there is people,” and that makes you a redneck. Newscasters frequently get this wrong too, so it’s not just a violation in written form.
Just because certain things seem to be acceptable (not to me, however) in colloquial language doesn’t make them right, especially in an Associated Press story! Getting the news posted first shouldn’t come at the price of omitting or misspelling words. So there!
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Myh biyfruiend only wears bklack under where when whyh whaat whnen he comes home from wurkkk
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