Oops I did it again...

I'm not a perfectionist by any stretch, and I probably on my best day average in the mistake department. But the last few weeks, I've fallen into a bit of a blunder streak. No Leno material, thank God, but some "doh" moments, to be sure. I'm trying not to be an excuse-maker, but with all the layoffs, buyouts, and feeling of impending doom, I'm having a hard time staying focused. My normally kickback editors seem to be harshing a bit more than normal too, so as you can probably imagine, not a good combination. I'm also seeing more mistakes in other peoples' work. Nothing catastrophic, but a normally almost perfect baseball beat writer (non-Singleton) in my town had 2 sentences that didn't make sense in the bottom of his notebook and a minor fact wrong in his gamer.
Wondering if it's just me, or is this playing out at pressboxes and newsrooms everywhere?

 

No, I've seen evidence of this as well. I think it's a combination of low morale, high stress and people just not giving a fuck because they see their company isn't giving a fuck about them.