Showing posts with label images. Show all posts
Showing posts with label images. Show all posts

Sunday, July 1, 2012

An I for an I is an I too many

In the above image's three paragraphs (from "Cartoonist says Enbridge spoof pulled under pressure" on CBC News online on June 26, 2012), the Vancouver Province editor's last name is written as Moriarity twice and as Moriarty twice. Who's the CBC editor that okayed that? Then,

the correct Postmedia somehow becomes post media in the same sentence! Then,

someone botched the image here. Lest you think his identity is being protected, his name is right there in the photo caption and you can see him and hear him in the video posted at the start of the article. So that's just a goof. Click an image to enlarge it.

Shoddy job, mate

Believe it or not, this is the headline of an article ("Facebook wants to hire this 17-year-old, but she's isn't sure she wants the job" on Yahoo! Canada Finance on June 25, 2012) written by a professional writer. It's posted on Yahoo! Canada Finance by someone on behalf of Business Insider. First, she's isn't sure should either be she isn't sure or she's not sure - not a love child of both. Second, I would say that this should be a, because this is the first mention of anyone (it is a headline, after all) and there is no picture. At the end of the article is this:

Did you notice how I included an image after the colon? That appears to be something that the "professionals" at Yahoo! could learn from me. Click an image to enlarge it.