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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:09 AM Original message |
MSNBC Crawl: OBAMA DID NOT USE WIFE AS SHIELD. When will they STOP this! |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've heard all kinds of people on the radio doing it, likely by accident |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. who gives a shit? |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. It show CARELESSNESS regarding the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. RARGH! it's the "liberal media" hard at work once again. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. That what happens when you try to cover a 10 minute story for 12 hours a day. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. +1 and very well put. nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. i have done it so many times, and my boys continue to correct me. osama is a nothing to me, obama |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. A verbal gaffe is understood. BUT WRITTEN NETWORK post can be PROOFED |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. and i agree here. generally when tallking about my mistake i do clarify that professional, written |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. And it is not a typo |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. There is such a thing a PROOF READING |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Not if you deliberately typed b for s |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Calculated errors, not mistakes. nt |
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inademv (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. I can forgive someone doing it in speech |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. I don't know.... |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. Actually, neither did Osama. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
13. they won't. in a couple of years, it will be accepted as fact. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. As a journalist, copy editor, and former city editor, I can say that this is not an unusual thing. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. If there is a PENALTY for that mistake, they would be more CAREFUL & SENSITIVE! |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. What would a reasonable "penalty" be, and who should impose it? |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Who RUNS these media conglomerate? It is normal to let staff know DEMOTIONS OR FIRING can result |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. I can't speak to the penalty--but the news director is ultimately responsible. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You're right, there isn't any excuse. The problem is, print media has made it clear it doesn't |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. When I worked in broadcast, 20 years ago, this sort of thing could get you fired. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. That's what editors are for--I've been one. Possibly excusable in speech, not in print. nt |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Many print outlets have made it clear, in so many words, that they are happy to trade thin copy |
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alc (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
16. it's true |
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