Tuesday, July 27, 2004
CNN typo
This morning I watched CNN while at the gym. It was their morning show, "American Morning." They have this bit where their anchor and two other correspondents sit on a couch (this morning, referred to as a cheap IKEA couch, no less... what does that say about employee satisfaction at CNN?) and read viewer emails about some issue. They show the text of the email as they read it aloud—presumably for greater impact?
Well, this morning, they misplaced an apostrophe. Badly. The sentence was something like, "...and the Republican's will have their work cut out for them..." Erghh. Made my skin crawl. This is BAD editing on the part of some copy kid in Atlanta or New York. Because even if the viewer who sent the email used the poor punctuation, CNN shouldn't display it, at least not without a [sic].
I'm bothered by this.
My husband is bothered by CNN as well, but for a different reason. He thinks their morning show coverage of that missing pregnant woman in Utah is sensationalistic and inappropriate. I can't help but mostly agree. But if CNN's viewers really want to hear about this bizarre missing persons case, CNN will show it. Market demands and all.
This post is disjointed. Sorry about that. Getting up before dawn does that to me.
Well, this morning, they misplaced an apostrophe. Badly. The sentence was something like, "...and the Republican's will have their work cut out for them..." Erghh. Made my skin crawl. This is BAD editing on the part of some copy kid in Atlanta or New York. Because even if the viewer who sent the email used the poor punctuation, CNN shouldn't display it, at least not without a [sic].
I'm bothered by this.
My husband is bothered by CNN as well, but for a different reason. He thinks their morning show coverage of that missing pregnant woman in Utah is sensationalistic and inappropriate. I can't help but mostly agree. But if CNN's viewers really want to hear about this bizarre missing persons case, CNN will show it. Market demands and all.
This post is disjointed. Sorry about that. Getting up before dawn does that to me.
