Author Topic: I hate journalistic writing (Read 101721 times)

rivka · « **Reply #651 on:** July 25, 2014, 07:25:14 PM »

Go ahead, parse that. I dare you.

BlackBlade · « **Reply #652 on:** July 25, 2014, 07:29:08 PM »

Holy crap I about had a heart attack until I read the thread title and then reread the headline!

Jonathon · « **Reply #653 on:** July 25, 2014, 07:41:47 PM »

I can't believe I forgot to mention that here! It really is kind of mind-blowingly bad, even by journalistic standards.

rivka · « **Reply #654 on:** July 25, 2014, 07:48:47 PM »

It so is.

Jonathon · « **Reply #655 on:** September 10, 2014, 02:31:17 PM »

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Heavy police presence in the 2900 block of I Street in Midland this morning piqued the interest of neighbors and passerbyers and it was a peek that started the whole ordeal.

Oh my gosh please stop.

BlackBlade · « **Reply #656 on:** September 10, 2014, 04:41:11 PM »

Seriously.

Keith · « **Reply #657 on:** September 12, 2014, 12:28:50 PM »

"Family of man fatally shot by police looking for answers"

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #658 on:** October 02, 2014, 06:26:16 PM »

If I hear anyone else use the phrase "boots on the ground," my brain is going to blow up.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #659 on:** October 02, 2014, 09:03:30 PM »

Because all those boots smudge up the line in the sand?

Nighthawk · « **Reply #660 on:** October 10, 2014, 02:23:19 PM »

Man, tumors are MEAN...

Brinestone · « **Reply #661 on:** October 10, 2014, 09:43:59 PM »

Wow. That's an amazing level of misleading.

Jonathon · « **Reply #662 on:** October 20, 2014, 09:38:01 AM »

This headline has broken my parser.

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Ebola Fear Stalks Home Hunt for Quarantined Now Released

Nighthawk · « **Reply #663 on:** October 20, 2014, 11:56:25 AM »

They fixed the article title but the URL lives forever.

Jonathon · « **Reply #664 on:** November 12, 2014, 08:34:33 PM »

This isn't the journalist's fault, but it seemed like this quote fit here anyway:

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What gives this away that it was a meth lab is the fact it's a meth lab.

rivka · « **Reply #665 on:** November 12, 2014, 08:49:21 PM »

Good grief.

My favorite quote from the article:

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"I know that the same chemicals used to make meth are same ones you use to crystallize these herbal extractions, which is a totally legitimate thing."

Jonathon · « **Reply #666 on:** November 12, 2014, 08:58:00 PM »

He's a lawyer AND a chemist!

rivka · « **Reply #667 on:** November 12, 2014, 09:32:14 PM »

A very, very bad chemist.

Jonathon · « **Reply #668 on:** November 13, 2014, 08:03:45 AM »

And if he thinks that defense is going to fly, he's probably not a very good lawyer either.

rivka · « **Reply #669 on:** November 13, 2014, 09:29:33 AM »

Also true.

Keith · « **Reply #670 on:** November 13, 2014, 10:06:25 AM »

Making soap out of decongestants, a totally legitimate thing.

Jonathon · « **Reply #671 on:** November 13, 2014, 10:12:05 AM »

And, I must stress, perfectly legal.

Nighthawk · « **Reply #672 on:** November 14, 2014, 11:56:54 AM »

Washington Post headline: Uranus might be full of surprises

Well played, WP...

Jonathon · « **Reply #673 on:** November 14, 2014, 12:29:40 PM »

I was just coming here to post that.

dkw · « **Reply #674 on:** November 14, 2014, 08:42:46 PM »

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Cazier has a page on mormon.org as part of the "and I'm a Mormon" campaign

This made me giggle. I've seen the motorcycle one, so now I'm picturing a billboard with this guy standing in front of his meth lab.