• nicetriangle@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    As I understand it everyone is being paid peanuts to write these days so to make a living they have to churn out a ton of stuff which means attention to detail goes by the wayside

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      1 year ago

      It’s not the fault of the writer. It’s the fault of the (non existent?) copy editor. When I see a blatant typo in the very first paragraph it makes me doubt the fact checking of the entire article - what else wasn’t looked over?

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        1 year ago

        I’m assuming everyone involved in journalism is getting the squeeze these days so I guess same thing applies there too