Well, I grant I don’t see nearly as many in the Headlines, but yes, lots and lots of silly spelling errors that I can’t understand how they pass. Or rather, I do. A lot of ‘news’ is driven by the first clicks the fastest. So they’re pushed out with far less review than I’d expect. And the market for professional newsies seems to be minimal, so I suspect a lot of free-lance journalists are anything but formally trained or use proofreaders.
I mean, here’s an article from yesterday on CNN about the Argentinian elections:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/22/americas/argentina-vote-president-intl-latam/index.html
Massa, who is in the current government, balances a heavy ministerial portolio including inflation control, soybeans (the country’s main export) and Argnetina’s relationship with the International Monetary Fund.
“Argnetina’s”? Really?
And this is by: By Abel Alvarado, Stefano Pozzebon, Esteban Campanela, Karol Suarez and Heather Chen, CNN
None of them caught this? I suspect you have in this case, and probably others a few people putting together the information, another roughing it out as a single piece, and then, if you’re lucky, some schlub trying to check it all before rushing it out the door.
But I don’t think anyone in the media cares about fixing the situation anymore either. The above article has been up over 24 hours, and no fix. People like you and I might complain about standards, but as long as it’s understandable, we’ll still get the news, move on, and bitch to like-minded folks. And if it doesn’t have a noticeable effect on the bottom line, while being first to (digital) print does… well.