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Inky byline strike/sickout

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by goalmouth, Jun 4, 2020.

  1. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Dummy text hedline would have been better than what happened.

    See above. An editor wrote the headline. Another editor saw it and basically signed off on it.
     
  2. Deskgrunt50

    Deskgrunt50 Well-Known Member

    Those of us still left are working with no net. Made even worse by coronavirus.

    It’s still hard to imagine that being written in the first place.
     
  3. Fredrick

    Fredrick Well-Known Member

    Man, I read the headline again: "Buildings matter, too." Unless it was one of those "joke headlines" made that somehow got in the paper, it's hard to believe two editors would be that stupid. Everybody knows "All lives matter" is getting people fired when they say it. Buildings Matter Too is so egregious it's beyond belief. You've got to fire both of them.
     
  4. Severian

    Severian Well-Known Member

    Wow. That makes the whole situation worse lol.
     
  5. Severian

    Severian Well-Known Member

    Not surprising if the paper is understaffed and overworked. Something like this can easily be missed.
     
  6. matt_garth

    matt_garth Well-Known Member

  7. Severian

    Severian Well-Known Member

  8. Monday Morning Sportswriter

    Monday Morning Sportswriter Well-Known Member

    I don’t think he was the enemy. But I’m on the wrong side of a lot of popular opinions.
     
  9. Fredrick

    Fredrick Well-Known Member

    Great call. Although as a suit he was making easy money. But he'll be happier raking it in at some university as well.
    Anybody that messes with the saying Black Lives Matter is done. Case closed. All lives matter is a huge no no. And Buildings Matter Too ... you saw what happened there.
     
  10. Severian

    Severian Well-Known Member

    True, and the optics are awful. But, in a couple of months, that fiasco will blow over, and he'll be fine.
     
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