Here's another from the teenaged intern the Courier is apparently allowing to write editorials. Guys, it's great that you're helping the kid learn, but it's not really a good idea to allow him to send it to layout unedited.
There's more to writing an editorial than rewriting a story from yesterday and adding "this is icky."
For readers of the Daily Courier in Prescott, Arizona. Comment and discuss. Be nice, now.
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Saturday, April 14, 2007
4 comments:
I encourage you to share your own views and experience with me and other readers. How you do that matters, and I'm committed to maintaining a place where readers and commenters can feel safe from adolescent BS. So here's the deal:
There are two kinds of anonymous comments: those by people who have a genuine fear of revenge from the dark side, and those from darksiders just hiding to avoid accountability. You may post comments anonymously, but I reserve the right to treat anonymous comments as found items that belong to me and do with them as I see fit.
If, on the other hand, you're willing to stand by your convictions and post under your own name or a regular handle, your comments belong to you, and I'll edit them only on egregious violations of respect for others.
If this doesn't work for you, I'm sure you'll be happier somewhere else.
Hey Steve! Here's an Idea ..how about we pick the WORST Op-Ed piece from the previous week and give it some kind of award..something like the "J.Fred Muggs award "for most lame Op-Ed Piece , or "even a chimpanzee could do better" or "worse than bad cheese in the sun" .. THIS one would get MY vote.
ReplyDeletesecond all above, plus i think i see a missing "not" in the last paragraph:
ReplyDelete"It is just that the inconsiderate ATV users can ruin enjoyment of the forest for everyone else. As recent activities show they can hurt themselves and others, and what's most serious for all of us they could start a fire."
whaddya think? maybe all the proofreaders left early on friday ...
Not many people know about the vast amount of monkeys in the basement of the PNI building, all in front of typewriters, who relentless tap tap tap all night long which leads to one random simian who, somehow, manages to generate one polite screed worthy of readership.
ReplyDeleteThat monkey may not be happy, but it is deserving of better description than . . . intern.
So you think 'typing monkey' might be a better description?
ReplyDeleteMJ's right about the missing 'not,' and I'd either add 'is that' in the last sentence or replace 'what's' with a comma and add another after 'us.'