SWAT team kills 107-year-old Arkansas man in shootoutcbsnews.com 4 pointstyohn13 years ago3 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−venomsnake13yAt first I thought it was an Onion article.−lutusp13y, nor his roll [sic] in the alleged aggravated assault.His "roll"? Really? By a professional journalist, on the official CBS news site?For whom do these egregious misspellings not leap off the page to assault the eye?Would it be out of bounds to announce the end of print literacy?−jgeorge13yThey only leap off the page if you actually read the article. More and more "journalism" today I'm convinced goes from author to print without so much as an editor even acknowledging something was published.
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At first I thought it was an Onion article.
His "roll"? Really? By a professional journalist, on the official CBS news site?
For whom do these egregious misspellings not leap off the page to assault the eye?
Would it be out of bounds to announce the end of print literacy?
They only leap off the page if you actually read the article. More and more "journalism" today I'm convinced goes from author to print without so much as an editor even acknowledging something was published.