Tuesday, February 07, 2017
Not disappointed
Every now and then I peek at the NYTimes ombudsindividual just to verify that her post-election promise to "listen more" and "be more humble" was nonsense. I haven't been disappointed yet.
Latest: an article about attempts to improve editing.
First sentence of the article:
THE NEW YORK TIMES has a reputation for impeccable editing.
Ratshit. I don't know about the reputation, but I know about the editing. Back in the '80s when I was a reliable Reagan-hating lefty, I started reading the Times because it was de rigueur for Reagan-hating lefties. I was immediately and constantly disgusted with the atrocious editing. Spelling errors all over the place, ambiguous and impenetrable sentences, missing lines. I returned to reading the local paper, which had VASTLY better editing and much less blind bigoted arrogance.
¶ 5:16 AM 
