This is why our line of work is a piece of S***

solid.

 

MOM, I GET HEADACHES WHEN THE KIDS START FIGHTING!

 

What about when the quote pyramids get long?

 

time to just go to a different thread, then. god knows that down button is so difficult to navigate.

 

I once worked at a paper where I had to type out my corrections, explain why it happened and how I'll make sure it doesn't happen again.

I found that most of my mistakes occurred when I was writing three or more stories a day - we had buyouts and I was covering multiple beats - but I was forbidden from ever using "I was in a hurry" as an excuse.

 

Forbidden by a clueless publisher and/or a managing editor who told you he/she: had never written a story on deadline, never worked slot or truthfully, didn't understand sports.

 

Couple thoughts on this:

1. We don't want mistakes in print, so it should be a big deal if one makes it. And having to perform some kind of penance is probably right.

2. I was in a hurry is not a good excuse, because it's too easy and could be applied to every damn correction.

 

I think, ace, his point was that the demands of the job and the time it takes to do it are ever-increasing and there's a point of no return or more specifically, diminishing returns. I've looked at three online newspapers this week, including two metropolitan papers, and the increase of errors is obvious. Are those people, at the top of their profession, incompetent? I doubt it.

I can remember a time when errors were very hard, if not impossible, to find on a regular basis in a metropolitan paper.

 

That's life in the big city, Yawn.

 

Whatever that means.

There's a point where you realize realism has to change.

 

Good luck changing realism or the practices of bean counters. I wish you well.

 

I understand and agree. Until bean counters begin to understand that the quality of the product impacts demand and what's needed to ensure quality, it's a fruitless task.