Website Copy Editing

God, if only this were the case.

AP moved a story on the wire yesterday, meaning it had ALREADY been edited, with a closing quote of something like "We were do for a victory."

Let that sink in for a minute.

 

I had to call AP three times the other day because of things they sent over that had factual errors in them requiring new writethroughs to be posted, including missing first references on proper names.

 

Sadly, this is the new mantra. It will the easiest way to save money when we go all online. Have perhaps one copy editor, whose duties probably will involve think thanking more than copy editing. Suddenly the new buzz sentence is there is no need for copy editing. The readers will do the editing and it will make them feel important and add to the clicks. Sad. Copy editors are great.

 

Dreadful. I see more elementary-level writing move across the wire all the time. People should be ashamed of themselves.

 

Are you a copy editor, sir? Because if you read your post twice before you hit Submit, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Learn how to write.

 

Geez. Harsh much?

I feel fairly certain that if this was meant for publication, and not a post on a message board, the poster would have been more careful.

 

Well, I, uh....

Oh, not really a moron ... just overly cynical in an era that DESERVES cynicism, and also kind of a one-note guy....

 

OM gosh. Are you serious? On message boards I write fast n furious and last I checked there was no spell check clicker.
I am passionate about this issue. Sorry.