ESPN.com writer toasted for block-headed mistakes

Here.
http://construda.blogspot.com/2008/06/commenters-burn-espncom-writer.html
Enjoy. And buy stock in Disney.

 

Not the, um, strongest of starts at the WWL for Seifert, one of the new NFL bloggers.

Another of those "errors you want to make in the minor leagues" that keep showing up on the ESPN.com site. Lots of writers who check their stuff meticulously, working with deskers who still find ways to save them from themselves, and neither ever get a look-see from the folks based in Bristol.

And yet, somehow, those folks are never, ever wrong in their hirings or decision-making.

 

Ouch.

 

Don't know how much this Siefert guy has or is expected to crank out, but the more copy you producer and the faster it gets done, the more chances are mistakes will be made. I can't imagine the guy would make that mistake unless he was ripping through it at warp speed or planned on checking it later, got busy and forget.
And, yes, a good copy editor who knows the NFL would have caught those errors.

 

I'd consider a change of verb for the thread title since "toast" usually means to honor or compliment.

 

Seifert is a great guy and one of the better NFL writers around.

None of that was shown in that article.

 

Indian copy editors

 

Pleased be to editing you!!

 

Keep slaving away in Akron, Ace. You still rule.

 

And neither the blogger nor his first commenter knows what "misgivings" means.

 

Robin Givens, right?

 

Seifert did a fine job covering the Vikings, and I'm sure he'll do a good job for ESPN. Yeah, he made a mistake here. (One real mistake. I don't count saying a guy was cut when he was "not re-signed" as much of a mistake.)
The mistake was confusing a draft pick from Central Florida with another guy from Tulane. Whoppeee.
It bothers me that this is the kind of shit that clearly turns people on around here.
"Goolleee, where I work, I would never confuse the leading rusher for Pumpkinsquasher High with the guy from Lower Bupkis High, so clearly, ESPN.com shoulda hired ME insteada this here fella."

The "misgivings" thing is what's really funny. Guy wants to flag ESPN's mistake, and English does not appear to be his first language. Kudos to Ben Hecht, by the way.