Good ol’ Courant.

[The deacon]

Gotta tell you, I am more than sensitive to women’s issues. I did consider whether laughing was appropriate, but this was just a very funny mistake.

I laughed, too, Puppy Love. The stress of many a long day in the office was occasionally interrupted for me by such errors. Serious stuff, but we need to laugh...

 

[cabbie191]

Wisconsin has had a very strong mandatory recycling program since 1989 - I administered one of the larger county programs for 17 years, and during my tenure, fined (actual fine plus loss of contract revenue) one of the national waste management companies a bit over $9K for trashing recyclables we hired them to collect. It was at the time, and might still be, the largest penalty assessed for this type of violation.

So naturally, this made the news and was carried by one of the national solid waste trade journals. Except that according to their article, I was the culprit! The story came out while I was at a national recycling conference. Had a lot of fun with my colleagues over this.

And yes, this was before the Internet took a toll on print journalism!

 

[TeamFirst!]

Connoly is a solid reporter though overall. He's great overall.

 

[FormerCTrez]

What if they actually got it right?? I mean, we don't really know.......

Conway, you’re too funny! But, then again..... I’m not sure either.

 

[FormerCTrez]

It never ceases to amaze me about some bone yarders who never made a mistake and can’t wait for someone to type the wrong key or just plain missed the spelling bee title. Basketball !

That may be true, but in this case, the Courant’s blatant mess up causes one to literally laugh out loud, or do this 100X

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Newspapers need to go 100% online; wasting money on printing takes away money from hiring enough editors and writers.

 

[JordyG]

It never ceases to amaze me about some bone yarders who never made a mistake and can’t wait for someone to type the wrong key or just plain missed the spelling bee title. Basketball !

Fortunately for you all I don't get paid for my writing or editing skills. The reality is when a newspaper prints an article at least 3 people have to pass muster on it before it's set to type. All 3 are paid to get it right, and all failed here.

 

[The deacon]

Fortunately for you all I don't get paid for my writing or editing skills. The reality is when a newspaper prints an article at least 3 people have to pass muster on it before it's set to type. All 3 are paid to get it right, and all failed here.

Well said, JordyG.

And cockhrnleghrn, what you suggest about going 100 percent online sounds practical except two things: many people still want a print newspaper and what you term wasted money would not be used for more editors... a couple decades of online newspapers has shown us just the opposite, hence the Courant's mistake in question.

 

[Tonyc]

lol I mispell alot and I dont use capitals enough and I dont use punctionation enough and I dont use enough paragraphs and I dont care. I get my message across. lol Luv the Boneyard

 

[CL82]

Newspapers need to go 100% online; wasting money on printing takes away money from hiring enough editors and writers.

And the people who print, deliver and sell papers really don’t deserve a living anyway!

 

[Spaceman213J]

The best was when I moved to Virginia. There was a local paper article about cops finding a handful of marijuana plants in a cornfield. The paper actually ran this line under the picture of the sheriff and deputy with the plants in the field. "If you know who these plants belong to or IF THEY ARE YOUR PLANTS please contact the police."

 

[JamesinGR]

Okay I’m dumb. Could someone kindly explain what’s wrong with the statement? I can’t figure it out.

the internet has made most print media irrelevant

Well then, that makes it ok to mangle the language, even if one is is a “writer/reporter”. BTW, I believe the internet requires one to string together words into coherent sentences?

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

And the people who print, deliver and sell papers really don’t deserve a living anyway!

Ever since the industrial revolution, industries have changed with the times. The same needs to apply to print media.

 

[CL82]

Ever since the industrial revolution, industries have changed with the times. The same needs to apply to print media.

Undoubtedly, still it’s kind of rough to characterize that money as being “wasted.“ I those people want to preserve their living every bit as much as the “reporters and editors” that you suggest be favored.

 

[fomalhaut]

Newspapers need to go 100% online; wasting money on printing takes away money from hiring enough editors and writers.

Not to mention that printing newspapers, most of which will be discarded in a day or so, is environmentally a disaster.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Undoubtedly, still it’s kind of rough to characterize that money as being “wasted.“ I those people want to preserve their living every bit as much as the “reporters and editors” that you suggest be favored.

I don't want local newspapers to go away, I want them to realize that printing actual newspapers needs to be a thing of the past. It's not a profitable 21st Century business model and, as Fomalhaut said, it's environmentally a disaster.

 

[CL82]

I don't want local newspapers to go away, I want them to realize that printing actual newspapers needs to be a thing of the past. It's not a profitable 21st Century business model and, as Fomalhaut said, it's environmentally a disaster.

Understood, but that has real world economic consequences that affects actual people.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Andra Espinoza-Hunter is not basketball? BTW this wasn't about spelling or typing the wrong key.

I didn’t watch that Seton Hall game… yet. Did Andra play against UConn?

 

[uconnfan68]

And the people who print, deliver and sell papers really don’t deserve a living anyway!

The ones that deliver don’t get a living… unless they can do 2 or 3 papers simultaneously.

 

[CocoHusky]

I didn’t watch that Seton Hall game… yet. Did Andra play against UConn?

AEH was suspended for the game due to a violation of SH team rules.

 

[phil sampieri]

lol I mispell alot and I dont use capitals enough and I dont use punctionation enough and I dont use enough paragraphs and I dont care. I get my message across. lol Luv the Boneyard

You are fresh meat Tony, don’t you know there are a few spelling
gurus on this site. Include me in your group.

 

[JohnFSilver]

It never ceases to amaze me about some bone yarders who never made a mistake and can’t wait for someone to type the wrong key or just plain missed the spelling bee title. Basketball !

That's a copy editing issue. Ultimately the writer is responsible, assuming that it wasn't edited in by the desk. Looks like the copy editor tried to change the voice. But, when you are going 1000 MPH and writing so much, what the hell is a damn copy desk for?

It's funny. Just move on. Luckily Leno isn't around anymore to make fun of things like that.

 

[Vancat]

It was kinda more than just spelling. The transposition of the 2 words (complete with tense) made the sentence mean something completely different.