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CP24 asleep at the news wheel
5 hours (and counting) of dated information (on their top story) staring an entire control room straight in the eyes.
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That is a RadioActive worthy subject line.
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Entirely likely that CFRB will be carrying this over tomorrow unless they read this post.
And if they do: Suck sea lion shit, filthy censorship whores.
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Chrisphen wrote:
Entirely likely that CFRB will be carrying this over tomorrow unless they read this post.
And if they do: Suck sea lion shit, filthy censorship whores.
Completely nonsensical mouth sewage
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Just when you thought their news ticker couldn't get any worse, and yet it's probably the most looked-at part of the screen
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Entirely likely that CFRB will be carrying this over tomorrow unless they read this post.
And if they do: Suck sea lion shit, filthy censorship whores.
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3 in 4 minutes, repeated for hours. Holy Jesus, someone needs to be crucified.
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I know a picture is supposedly worth a thousand words but I don't see what's egregious here...those ticker items all read as correct and informative...
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I know a picture is supposedly worth a thousand words but I don't see what's egregious here...those ticker items all read as correct and informative...
I guess you didn't do well at the spelling bee
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Those all scream "understaffed" and someone typing faster than they get a chance to think.
3 in 4 minutes, repeated for hours. Holy Jesus, someone needs to be crucified.
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I know a picture is supposedly worth a thousand words but I don't see what's egregious here...those ticker items all read as correct and informative...
I guess you didn't do well at the spelling bee
LOL - I see it now, I thought the issue was with the topicality of the headlines, not the grammar/spelling so I scanned them rather than inspected them. I did notice the "thru" and took it to be a space saver, even though it's incorrect. It's also amazing what your brain will fill in to complete a message.
For what it's worth (on the internet, not very much; even less so here), I probably spell better than most - let's play Scrabble some time. I generally don't advertise my abilities but I do appreciate the snarky retort.
Those all scream "understaffed" and someone typing faster than they get a chance to think.
Agreed. Editors were the among first salary dumps, IMO.
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3 in 4 minutes, repeated for hours. Holy Jesus, someone needs to be crucified.
Several hours later, let's check in on those pubic charges, shall we?
So close! I'm starting to feel "old" here.
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"THRU" is tolerated if it's true that they are restricted to no more than 3 lines max for the updates.
I'd rather see Thru than see Wknd to make it all fit...
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Not that this many in a row are excusable on CP24, but I well remember one of the writers at our TV station typing out a recap story about the Leafs vs. Rangers for our website. In trying to vary his word choice, he accidentally typoed that the Buds played The Blue "Shits."
And it stayed that way for a few hours, until someone noticed it. So I know how easy it can happen. In my experience, it's really hard to proof read your own stuff. An extra set of eyes is helpful, but we didn't have the budget for that!
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"THRU" is tolerated if it's true that they are restricted to no more than 3 lines max for the updates.
I'd rather see Thru than see Wknd to make it all fit...
I'd put "thru" and "'til" on that same list of tolerated abbreviations for spacing.
Hindsight being what it is, "all weekend" would've worked just fine in this case.
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I know a picture is supposedly worth a thousand words but I don't see what's egregious here...those ticker items all read as correct and informative...
I guess you didn't do well at the spelling bee
LOL - I see it now, I thought the issue was with the topicality of the headlines, not the grammar/spelling so I scanned them rather than inspected them. I did notice the "thru" and took it to be a space saver, even though it's incorrect. It's also amazing what your brain will fill in to complete a message.
For what it's worth (on the internet, not very much; even less so here), I probably spell better than most - let's play Scrabble some time. I generally don't advertise my abilities but I do appreciate the snarky retort.
Those all scream "understaffed" and someone typing faster than they get a chance to think.
Agreed. Editors were the among first salary dumps, IMO.
I doubt I would enjoy playing Scrabble with you. I might do better against Homer Simpson. "Dog" "Cat" "The"
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I doubt I would enjoy playing Scrabble with you. I might do better against Homer Simpson. "Dog" "Cat" "The"
Lol, thanks for the kind words, mace. Now I wonder if D'oh is in the Scrabble dictionary.
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