Death of the Nascar beat?

Relax. It was a joke.

FYI, it wasn't a typo. You omitted a letter. In addition, your 'spell check' wouldn't have helped, since 'rack' is an accepted English spelling with with nine definitions.


RE: TYPO...
This is a mistake I see all the time.


FROM MERRIAM-WEBSTER:

typographical error –noun an error in printed or typewritten matter resulting from striking the improper key of a keyboard, from mechanical failure, or the like.

 

It was a typo, Mr. Anal.

I rewrote the sentence and obviously hit space before I hit the T ... typo.

And I don't run spellcheck. My spelling is fine 99 percent of the time, a lot better than the majority of the people on here, but I don't feel the need to go around pointing out others' mistakes.

 

There are more people in the media centers than ever before.

But they aren't all from Southern daily newspapers, like they used to be.

ESPN.com and some other 'Net sites have ramped up coverage significantly, there are foreign reporters, satellite radio people, etc., etc.

The crowd is getting bigger, but the demographics are changing. Expect that to continue.

 

Believe me, I'm not anal. I was just pointing it out.
And, it wasn't a typo.

These examples would have been typos:

t rack
rtack
trrack

 

Move on ... :

 

You're absolutely right.

Plus, I think it is important to make a distinction here.
NASCAR is a 'sport' beat. It's not a 'team' beat. One writer, with the added sider or column when needed, can cover the entire sport.
Compare that to, say, a city with an NBA team. They need a team beat reporter -- and more than likely -- a national perspective.
So, when papers look at their coverage, how much more bang are they getting by sending their own reporter to do a gamer? In NASCAR's case, not much.
There are exceptions. Eddie Hinton. Dave Poole, etc. But, for smaller papers, they're going to have a tough time beating AP's team of Jenna Fryer, Mike Harris, and Brian Horton. It's not a slight to the smaller paper, but just simple fact.

EDIT: fixes their/there. Eddy/Eddie. Happy?

 

I wasn't going to say anything, Moddy, but since you brought it up, he also incorrectly spelled 'their.' ;D

 

Known Ed for 19 years. Thanks.
And, I believe Poole goes by David in his byline.

 

I agree. I see the trends and the rationale, not only at my paper but across the country.
It is most definitely a loss for the industry.