Schneider's fingers probably got ahead of his brain, and he typed the more frequent "blow for diversity" when he meant "against."
Given that the business model of tvguide.com (and HitFix and TVLine) does not allow for copyeditors or proofreaders, you can always assume that when something doesn't make sense, it's them, not you. jd On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 9:25 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Does Schneider really mean: "and Hall's exit strikes a blow for diversity > in late night."? This might just be a typo, but I can't really find an easy > way to make the sentence work by changing a single word. "and Hall's exit > strikes a blow *to* or *at* diversity in late night." is what he no doubt > means, but both are awkward. > > Or maybe he does really mean that getting to the point where a TV show > fronted by an African-American can be cancelled without much complaint does > "strike a blow for diversity"? > > In any case, the ratings were bad and the quality of the show was too, and > that is why it was cancelled. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
