From the New Orleans Times Picayune: The paper made the call to publish the story in spite of an “unwritten rule” in journalism that it’s unfair to print bombshells as campaigns wind down, Baquet said. But he viewed the alternative…
Hipster copy editor wannabe at mcsweeneys.net
Get this guy on the rim, stat: I’m going to try to put this as simply as possible, because I realize that some people thought of English as an elective in college. “FARTHER” is a word that refers to distance.…
When Mom sees your blog
This tidbit from the Onion is supposed to be, you know, satire. Thanks to Jen for pointing it out. In an e-mail sent to Widmar Monday, Lillian reported in large purple letters that she was “VERY EXCITED :)!!!” to find…
So long, Neal
The Neal Pollack blog is being retired. If you don’t know who Neal is, it means you haven’t been hanging out online with hipster wannabes like I have.
Danger: The Internet is a mind-sucking swamp
Yesterday I noticed this moderately funny Tom Tomorrow cartoon mocking bloggers who support the war in Iraq who face no threat more daunting than an attack of carpal tunnel syndrome. His point (gratingly obvious): If you’re so goddam brave, why…
Worst headline foul-ups
Array of them revealed at Testy Copy Editors. Even the mighty Blanp has some doozies. I also liked this comment. I find that it’s usually the most productive, strap-the-newspaper-on-their-back copy editors who make these shockingly embarrassing mistakes. That’s because they’re…