John C. Dvorak (dvorak.org/blog) on Twit raised the issue with journalists these days in relation to the NYTimes owner floating the idea of moving from a paper edition to an online edition. He stated that a lot of modern newspapers are overly reliant on wire reports from AAP, AFP, Reuters etc and therefore don’t spend the money on quality journalists to write spec articles. In my news browsing of late I’ve noticed some cheap glitches that creep into articles, lazy writing, lazy research or a lack of editorial oversight. These are some simple examples… (click on them for a bigger view)
Mistake is in the title… a week later, the article looks like this
A simple visit to IMDB would give you the correct info for the article below…
Wrong. Stallone directed four of the Rocky films. John G. Avildsen directed the 1st & the 5th.
Update: 12 March 2007
Noticed this one last Friday…
It’s Steven Spielberg…
Here boy!! (from IMDB News 15 March 07)
Can’t wait to see the new villian Rex Luthor!
Another cock-up
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