People who work for the media ought to be literate
The rising tide of illiteracy in America has dismayed me for years. But nowhere is it more dismaying than in the news media.
Consider the headline on this AP story: Teen Beated to Death at Milwaukee Bus Stop.
Sigh.
ADDENDA: First, they seem to have fixed the headline. And second, this young man's death is obviously more important than the grammar used in the headline announcing it. I apologize if my use of this example to illustrate my concern about the state of the language among professional journalists seemed to trivialize this tragedy.
Consider the headline on this AP story: Teen Beated to Death at Milwaukee Bus Stop.
Sigh.
ADDENDA: First, they seem to have fixed the headline. And second, this young man's death is obviously more important than the grammar used in the headline announcing it. I apologize if my use of this example to illustrate my concern about the state of the language among professional journalists seemed to trivialize this tragedy.
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