And here’s the letter to the editor I dashed over email:
"Dear Sir —
In the 4th paragraph of this article, White House press secretary Scott Mclellan is referred to as “Scott McAllen.”
This does not exactly inspire confidence."
Yes - it’s picky ('specially since they get the name right later in the article). But what the hell - I’d say the same thing to you guys! (And they are supposed to be a national news magazine!)
Peter Wiggen
[Oh - and if they edit the article by the time you see this, well — I guess that’s okay. For the children and so forth and so on.]
Congrats on the catch. Is it my imagination, or are there more stupid typos and style/syntax/grammar/spelling errors getting through in the media in general these days? (One glaring offender: those news crawls at the bottom of CNN, MSNBC, etc. Does anybody ever proof that text?) Or am I just getting better at spotting them? :dubious:
A married couple of my acquaintance had a competition between them to see who could get the most dorky letter published in the Irish Times. She won magnificently, with words to the effect of:
"Sir,
The other day I passed a garbage bin in the street, and on the ground next to it was a piece of litter. When oh when will people learn to put their garbage in the bin?
I’m a paid-up subscriber to The Beaver magazine, which given the contrast between its subject matter and its title, has a quintessentially Canadian dorkiness to it…
