Why are we defending a publication that makes money via advertising and subscriptions for failing to have an effective editor? This isn’t someone posting nonsense in a comments section; the author is apparently a “senior writer” for Salon. Why should we stop attempting to hold supposed professionals accountable for being professional? I get that the world hasn’t exactly been great at professionalism lately, but letting our standards slip isn’t going to fix that.
Have you ever worked a news desk? I have. It’s making sausage. You just caught a glimpse of someone dropping the meat and stuffing it back in. Write a letter to the editor with a correction if you want to help. Here, editorial complaints go nowhere and serve no purpose.
“Yeah, but what about this typo I just found?”
I’m not disagreeing with the article at all.
But it’s right there before the article even started. It’s not a very good look.
Typos happen. Shrug
Why are we defending a publication that makes money via advertising and subscriptions for failing to have an effective editor? This isn’t someone posting nonsense in a comments section; the author is apparently a “senior writer” for Salon. Why should we stop attempting to hold supposed professionals accountable for being professional? I get that the world hasn’t exactly been great at professionalism lately, but letting our standards slip isn’t going to fix that.
Have you ever worked a news desk? I have. It’s making sausage. You just caught a glimpse of someone dropping the meat and stuffing it back in. Write a letter to the editor with a correction if you want to help. Here, editorial complaints go nowhere and serve no purpose.