Reporter Needs Dictionary

[Bargle]

I first remember coming across 'ho' for in Eddie Murphy's Velvet Jones sketches on SNL. Makes me think it came from ghetto and/or pimp slang.

 

[SuziQ]

Ack, below is what I just found and given the context of the article is not very funny:

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6265162

Police have searched the murder scene and canvassed the neighborhood looking for clues into the murder.
"Do a thorough search for evidence. You know, we want to go through garbage cans and bushes, you maim it. So it's basically coming out in daylight hours and making sure we're not missing anything," said a police spokesperson.

 

[Seanibus]

Not to defend the particular error (I'll flea that scene any day), but as a career reporter I do have to pipe up and point out that many stories are produced under enormous time pressure and under less than ideal circumstances. When you write thousands of words a week, it is not surprising that some of them come out badly. And in the increasingly tight journalism market, many newspapers are trimming back on the copy desk, which means there are fewer and fewer layers of protection to prevent an inadvertent (or careless or even flatly ignorant) mistake from making it into print. I will never forget my proud front page story early in my career in which I left an all-important letter L out of the phrase "poorly attended public hearing." A lawyer in town called my editor the next day and said "Had I known it was a pubic hearing, I might have attended."

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Oh, Seanibus! You made my day! Welcome to WS!

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Ack, below is what I just found and given the context of the article is not very funny:

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6265162

Police have searched the murder scene and canvassed the neighborhood looking for clues into the murder.
"Do a thorough search for evidence. You know, we want to go through garbage cans and bushes, you maim it. So it's basically coming out in daylight hours and making sure we're not missing anything," said a police spokesperson.

Now there is no excuse for that one!

 

[AlwaysShocked]

sight/cite/site

Sight - one of the five senses, as in eyesight
Cite - To quote, as in the word citation
Site - a place, such as a website

 

[SeriouslySearching]

sight/cite/site

sight - one of the five senses, as in eyesight
cite - to quote, as in the word citation
site - a place, such as a website

yes yes yes!!! Thank you! Lol

 

[TinaD]

Oh this is one of my favourite soapboxes. I work for myself and one of my contracts is marking assignments and exams completed by adults. I swear you can tell the age range of the student by their spelling and grammar. Kids seem to just accept whatever spellcheck comes up with, even if its a totally incorrect word.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Maddening, isn't it?

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Another brilliant journalist:

TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Tulsa County prosecutors have charged two people with first-degree murder in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting last week.

Twenty-1-year-old Allyn Cordairo Chatman and 22-year-old Ian Marcell Barnett are accused of killing Robert Lee Holmes Junior in July 14th outside The Salvation Armys North Mabee Boys and Girls Club.

http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=8733744 (Bolded by me)

 

[SeriouslySearching]

he manufacturer responded to Chris Jeffers complaint about his gas grill fire by offering him a check in exchange for him to keep quite about his problem.

http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=58df00de-c7af-4ed4-ab55-96d21a8ddf11