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Re: Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else
Author: Michael Mahoney
Date: 07-05-2012 - 15:27

I like to engage in "mistake-ology," that is, trying to figure out how a mistake happened. If he had written "high speed rail" the sentence would likely have said what he meant to say. Although Seattle does not have light rail (Right? Buses and trolley buses, plus the Sounders, which are conventional commuter rail) the expression "light rail" gets used a lot in print and especially in Seattle, since its companion city, Portland, does have it. He put that down absent-mindedly.

Newspapers have copyreaders who are supposed to go over the material and fix mistakes, but again, budget cuts ....

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  "Journalist" by name of Joshua Freed S 07-04-2012 - 07:20
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  Is there a point to all this? MG42 07-04-2012 - 14:45
  Re: Is there a point to all this? Mommy 07-04-2012 - 15:14
  Re: Is there a point to all this? MG42 07-04-2012 - 16:43
  Re: Is there a point to all this? MG42 07-04-2012 - 17:05
  Re: Is there a point to all this? smitty195 07-05-2012 - 04:06
  Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else Holly Gibson 07-04-2012 - 17:13
  Re: Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else MG42 07-04-2012 - 17:24
  Re: Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else led light boxes 09-25-2012 - 23:58
  Re: Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else Newspaper Addict 07-04-2012 - 18:53
  Re: Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else Michael Mahoney 07-05-2012 - 15:27
  Re: Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else Graham Buxton 07-05-2012 - 16:07
  Re: Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else Holly Gibson 07-05-2012 - 17:08
  Re: Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else fkrock 07-06-2012 - 09:13
  Re: Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else Holly Gibson 07-06-2012 - 13:40
  Re: Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else Dr Zarkoff 07-06-2012 - 20:57
  Re: Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else Michael Mahoney 07-06-2012 - 17:53
  Re: Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else Chuck, former reporter and newspaper 07-07-2012 - 17:42
  Re: Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else Newspaper Addict 07-07-2012 - 18:54
  Re: Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else fkrock 07-08-2012 - 07:49
  Re: Reporters Have Been Dumbed Down Like Everyone Else OldPoleBurner 07-09-2012 - 10:29


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