On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's not just lack of editing. A lot of these places are using interns or > whoever works the cheapest to write it. Of course, even the New York Times > recently gutted its copy desk. > A lot of the mainstream entertainment tabloids/websites/blogs don't even pay for the writers -- they pay in "exposure" which is fine if you're just starting out but devastating if you're a veteran journalist Last week one of my Christian friends on Facebook posted a query about whether Jesus' or Jesus's was correct. I briefly explained the distinctions according to the AP Style Guide and the Chicago Manual of Style. The number of uninformed responses was disheartening (the worst being "whichever one sounds right when spoken"). We have "reporters" who never took a copy editing class and have never seen a style manual, and there is nobody to proofread what they submit to major publications. Again, disheartening. > > On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 6:03 AM, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 5:54 AM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Reading the Variety article, I noticed two things: >>> >>> [snip] >>> 2. Variety needs to upgrade its copy editing. >>> >> >> [thread detour] Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, >> TVLine, Uproxx, TVGuide, Salon, HuffPo, Slate ... seems like everybody has >> jumped on the edit-yourself business model, and nobody cares that it's a >> disaster. [/thread detour] >> >> -- >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > -- > 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. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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.
