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Re: I hate journalistic writing
« Reply #800 on: March 01, 2023, 07:19:32 PM »
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« Reply #801 on: March 02, 2023, 12:07:24 AM »
Wow. Is it me, or does that read like it was written by an AI? And then not edited by an actual human. :P

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« Reply #802 on: March 02, 2023, 08:21:33 AM »
Wow. :blink: Those are certainly a bunch of words about the superbug, also known by many as the norovirus, which is considered to be a stomach bug.

But yeah, my money is on some kind of AI. Maybe one trained on Perd Hapley quotes.
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Re: I hate journalistic writing
« Reply #803 on: March 02, 2023, 08:22:27 AM »
Also, hi, Jake!
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Re: I hate journalistic writing
« Reply #804 on: March 02, 2023, 02:23:24 PM »
Quote from: Jonathon on March 02, 2023, 08:21:33 AM
But yeah, my money is on some kind of AI. Maybe one trained on Perd Hapley quotes.
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Re: I hate journalistic writing
« Reply #805 on: March 02, 2023, 02:37:28 PM »
Man, they couldn't make that sound more like Perf if they tried.
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Re: I hate journalistic writing
« Reply #806 on: March 03, 2023, 10:25:12 AM »
Not only is it poorly written but full of misinformation.

News flash: antibiotics are not used to treat norovirus. It's a virus. Antibiotics don't work against viruses.
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Re: I hate journalistic writing
« Reply #807 on: March 03, 2023, 12:24:18 PM »
Maybe you missed the part where there's a bacteria IN the virus. ;)
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« Reply #808 on: March 06, 2023, 03:05:40 PM »
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Re: I hate journalistic writing
« Reply #809 on: March 28, 2024, 04:54:52 PM »
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Re: I hate journalistic writing
« Reply #810 on: April 05, 2024, 08:21:25 AM »
A classic.
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Re: I hate journalistic writing
« Reply #811 on: August 11, 2025, 12:48:05 PM »
""Ford hits the pedal on EV production with $2 billion overhaul of Kentucky plant"

Which pedal, though? Most cars have at least two, and they have very different functions.
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« Reply #812 on: August 11, 2025, 01:04:20 PM »
I guess they could have said "hits the brake(s)" for the other meaning. But yeah.
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« Reply #813 on: September 05, 2025, 12:02:01 PM »
Um. "More lighting, more wildfire"

Well, let's talk about that headline (and the content that followed). "Lighting" and "lightning" are very different things, and repeatedly using the two words interchangeably is not impressive. In the five hours since the email went out, they have managed to fix all the instances of "lighting" on the web version, at least. And they changed the article title, so no more oddly-singular "wildfire" either.

No correction notice, though.
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