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Words That Sportswriters Use That Make Me Cringe

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by LanceyHoward, Dec 18, 2020.

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  1. LanceyHoward

    LanceyHoward Well-Known Member

    Only one station?
     
    LanceyHoward, Dec 28, 2020
    #157
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  2. PaperDoll

    PaperDoll Well-Known Member

    Wonder if it's a really bad copy-paste from a press release. Were they shot in that neighborhood, or taken to a hospital in that neighborhood? Only one of those things is relevant.
     
    PaperDoll, Dec 28, 2020
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  3. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    True. It's all of them. TV stations have never been bastions of journalism, having worked at one.
     
    MileHigh, Dec 28, 2020
    #159
  4. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Most certainly I see a lot of copy-and-paste "articles" that are passed off as "original" writing.
     
    MileHigh, Dec 28, 2020
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  5. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    swingline-
    So much of this garbage was hatched from SportsCenter and such.
    I've been seeing 'guardrails' pop up a lot lately too.
     
    3_Octave_Fart, Dec 28, 2020
    #161
  6. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    In TV they’re also writing to fill/cut time. I imagine those scripts don’t get rewritten before they’re posted on the station’s website.
     
    wicked, Dec 28, 2020
    #162
  7. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Guaranteed they're not. And if questioned, digital people are told to deal with "real" problems, as I was told many times.
     
    MileHigh, Dec 28, 2020
    #163
  8. Sports Barf

    Sports Barf Well-Known Member

    Bruce Springsteen
     
    Sports Barf, Dec 28, 2020
    #164
  9. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    An a-hole in my market does that and puts his bloody byline on it.
     
    Liut, Dec 29, 2020
    #165
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  10. Mngwa

    Mngwa Well-Known Member

    I had the sports anchor at one of our stations read one of my leads, word for word, on air one night a lifetime ago. We knew he stole our scores and other info. But that was the only time I heard that verbatim reading.
     
    Mngwa, Dec 29, 2020
    #166
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  11. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Happens here. I've called her out for it, but it still happens and management doesn't care. She's a dimwit and is more concerned about being an influencer than an actual writer or journalist.
     
    MileHigh, Dec 29, 2020
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  12. PaperDoll

    PaperDoll Well-Known Member

    I have a recording of a major-market radio station spending a full minute reading paragraphs from a story I wrote without even crediting the source.

    Byline and dateline on rewritten press releases! I've asked multiple editors to change the dateline to "MY COUCH" for accuracy.
     
    PaperDoll, Dec 29, 2020
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