12.09.2006
A Penny For Your Phots
The Plattsburgh (news)Paper – called The PeePee for short – has gone under a change of ownership. So what does this mean for its daily coverage of events here in NENYland, the northeastern corner of New York State?
In a special editorial, the publisher declared his paper would stay the course. He stated The PeePee would “still have the same high standards of journalistic excellence.” [sic] He also stated no personnel changes were expected during the transition, adding it was “good news for us, as well as for you, who are used to a consistently high-quality product every day.” [sic]
On page B1 in the Friday, December 8th edition of The PeePee, there was an image of a volleyball game. In was noted in the caption that more “phots” [sic] from the game would be available at the PeePee’s Website. This statement was in bold print for added emphasis.
Such typos and other dumb mistakes happen too often, especially for a paper that uses a computer system – or, to be more accurate, underuses a computer system, never bothering to take advantage of its correction features.
Maybe the PeePee tried to save money and didn’t opt for the spell check. If that’s the case, the new owners can buy a spelling correction program for its latest acquisition. Or even hire an old-fashioned human proofreader.
After all, it takes a bit of work to maintain high standards of journalistic excellence.
# posted by Stan Spire @ 1:24 PM 
