I loled. Read the second paragraph were they use a double-negative implying that Obama said he WAS involved with Blagojavich’s dirty deeds…
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As Mr. Blagojevich kept working in his Chicago office with no signs of resigning, the Obama transition team announced that an internal review found that the president-elect?s advisers had not been ?not involved in inappropriate discussions? with the governor or his staff.[/quote]
Now I know that news reporters have to publish stuff fast, but this is ridiculous. Practically every news story I read has stupid errors like this.
[quote]etaco wrote:
Do you use the same proofing service as they do?[/quote]
I don’t know what you’re talking about, but if you’re referring to my grammar I can tell you that the general public has decided that what I write isn’t held to the standard of the NY Times.
Their reporting on the whole Blagojevich thing is pissing me off. It’s like they are laying the foundation in the media for an insanity defense and/or, even if he wasn’t insane, what he was doing may have been bad but wasn’t quite illegal defense.
[quote]Loose Tool wrote:
Their reporting on the whole Blagojevich thing is pissing me off. It’s like they are laying the foundation in the media for an insanity defense and/or, even if he wasn’t insane, what he was doing may have been bad but wasn’t quite illegal defense.
I was slightly surprised by this new turn of events regarding Blago, but at the same time isn’t he just being upfront about what ALL politics is really about? I still blame the guy though. I can’t tell if I am the hypocrite or what…
[quote]beebuddy wrote:
Loose Tool wrote:
Their reporting on the whole Blagojevich thing is pissing me off. It’s like they are laying the foundation in the media for an insanity defense and/or, even if he wasn’t insane, what he was doing may have been bad but wasn’t quite illegal defense.
I was slightly surprised by this new turn of events regarding Blago, but at the same time isn’t he just being upfront about what ALL politics is really about? I still blame the guy though. I can’t tell if I am the hypocrite or what…[/quote]
I want to believe selling Senate seats to the highest bidder ISN’t what politics is all about.
On another note, I wonder if there’s truth to the rumor the Chicago Tribune caused Fitzgerald to prematurely go public with the investigation.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
That’s the price you pay when people demand up-to-the-second information.
Besides that, some shit just slips through like that.
When you fuck up, your boss tells you about it and maybe bitches. When we fuck up, there’s thousands of people pointing and screaming.
Sometimes I really wish all the people who bitched and moaned and complained about the newspapers (i.e. everyone) worked at one. [/quote]
My ex-girlfriend used to work for the Philadelphia Inquirer. She’d tell me about how much pressure there was, and they did not take mistakes very lightly. They can’t just write what they want, and they have to make sure everything is accurate, with references to back up her stories. Mistakes are made, obviously, but usually the people are made accountable from what i’ve heard.
The NY Times has a reputation to uphold, so I wouldn’t think they’d just overlook serious fuck ups.