# My moronic local news "sight" (lame) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 15, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moronic-local-news-sight-lame/426593 "2007-11-15T21:31:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Polymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f14d63/32.png) [@Polymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polymer)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moronic-local-news-sight-lame/426593/21 "2007-11-27T18:35:15Z")
Well, I agreed with the teleprompter explanation, until I read this little gem: “The firearm was discovered, Long lead authorities to gun there were cartriges were tested for fingerprints and they matched the defendants.” Um. What? [Cite](http://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=184458) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moronic-local-news-sight-lame/426593/22 "2007-11-27T20:33:01Z")
[QUOTE=Barbarian] Newspaper and magazine writers should know how to spell. [/QUOTE] Or at least how to _spell check_. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moronic-local-news-sight-lame/426593/23 "2007-11-27T20:45:58Z")
[QUOTE=Polymer] Well, I agreed with the teleprompter explanation, until I read this little gem: “The firearm was discovered, Long lead authorities to gun there were cartriges were tested for fingerprints and they matched the defendants.” Um. What? [Cite](http://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=184458) [/QUOTE] Long is the name of the codefendent who led authorities to the gun. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moronic-local-news-sight-lame/426593/24 "2007-11-27T21:02:49Z")
Why do I click on those links? I know it will just make me die a little inside. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Polymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f14d63/32.png) [@Polymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polymer)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moronic-local-news-sight-lame/426593/25 "2007-11-27T21:12:20Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Amazing] Long is the name of the codefendent who led authorities to the gun. [/QUOTE] But if their excuse for the shoddy “writing” on their news site is that the stories are just pasted off the teleprompter, it wouldn’t look like that. This is what I would post to a teleprompter: The firearm was discovered when defendant Henry Long **led** authorities to the gun. **Cartridges** were found at the scene. When they were tested for fingerprints, police say they matched those of the defendants. That makes a hell of a lot more sense AND, is way easier for a person to read off a teleprompter. p.s. They must be watching this thread. Just noticed that they fixed a few of the worst spelling errors. Mr Otter is still going to be “senteced” though. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Polymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f14d63/32.png) [@Polymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polymer)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moronic-local-news-sight-lame/426593/26 "2007-11-27T21:17:51Z")
LOL. Gee, they deleted my comment asking if the station manager’s four-year old had been hired as their copywriter. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moronic-local-news-sight-lame/426593/27 "2007-11-29T19:00:12Z")
[QUOTE=Polymer] how did they end up with the “hot the moose” thing? [/QUOTE] I is close to o. Priviledges is a common mistake and one I sometimes make and have to recheck. The story made perfect sense to me. She has the license but HE ended up killing the moose. He’s trying to explain why this violation happened. Perhaps the un-cleaned-up version was terrible, but this one is perfectly adequate given how bad things can get out on the Web. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moronic-local-news-sight-lame/426593.md?page=1)