Poor standards in journalism AGAIN

[Falcon]

Is ah serious thread B W start, so I ent going to change the topic on that. Listen to this diabolical sentence structure:

AS four-year-old Ezekeil Renne Cambridge’s, who was mauled by two dogs weeks ago, condition improves, residents of Block five, Palmiste, yesterday following an emergency meeting took actions a step further circulating a petition in favour of having the two dogs put to death.

Newsday Sunday 24 April 2011

[Falcon]

And this stuff gets past a sub editor, and The Editor.
Is there any hope!?

[BW]

Is ah serious thread B W start, so I ent going to change the topic on that. Listen to this diabolical sentence structure:
AS four-year-old Ezekeil Renne Cambridge’s, who was mauled by two dogs weeks ago, condition improves, residents of Block five, Palmiste, yesterday following an emergency meeting took actions a step further circulating a petition in favour of having the two dogs put to death. Newsday Sunday 24 April 2011

this sounds like something i would write at 4am

[Falcon]

She stuck something between a possessive proper noun and its possession, not to mention two commas. That's beyond illiterate!! And a 45 word lead sentence? Stewwwps. Why you does link Newsday and get people upset on a Sunday, and moreso Easter Sunday!

[greall]

Hmmm...bad grammar seems to be the order of the day at the local newspapers...

Greg

[Falcon]

journalists are the ambassadors: they reflect the population from which the are drawn, and they work to suit their readers.

it is a shame for all trinidadian citizens when their journalists write like this

[vaio]

And this stuff gets past a sub editor, and The Editor.
Is there any hope!?

Is it that they are not doing their job or dunno how to do it?

[greall]

They know how to do it,vaio,it's the rush to get the story out there before someone else does...

I totally agree with you,Falcon ,in that it may be an indictment upon our level of literacy...

Greg

[Sirius]

Is it that they are not doing their job or dunno how to do it?

Given the continually atrocious writing, one has to wonder. It's painful and shameful to read our papers.

[Falcon]

That sentence changed its subject about 4 times, and its object about 3 times. I had too many commas and amazingly STILL lacked punctuation between "meeting took"

[greall]

She was probably trying for a record...

Greg

[vaio]

falcon could send them an email l

[Falcon]

What, again? For them to tell me they went journalism-college and I didn't? No thanks

[miktay]

I wouldn't mind a few typos as long as the facts were robust...

But thiz not just t&t ...z all over...journalism was once a respected profession that peopled aspired to...

When iz the last time u hear a youth mention he/she wants
to be a journalist when the grow up?

The debasent of our society continues...

[aprillove20]

that's incredible. Maybe the editor is drunk ???