tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post5011696518543080640..comments2008-01-08T17:49:53.546-05:00Bill Sloathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-23085952762049123452008-01-08T17:49:00.000-05:002008-01-08T17:49:00.000-05:00Stop the pissing and moaning about spelling errors! I think all of you should dry up, stand up, and start looking for new jobs instead of the nearest bar. Unless, of course, your next career is that of a bartender.<BR/><BR/>A good place to help you sober up is www.aa.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-39719014418581003172008-01-04T12:24:00.000-05:002008-01-04T12:24:00.000-05:00The newsroom ...We don't need a lot of tourists hanging around will we are trying to finish the last editions.<BR/><BR/>"Will" is spelled correctly, but shouldn't it be while?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-79141387201756488962008-01-03T16:51:00.000-05:002008-01-03T16:51:00.000-05:00<I>Your Post e-mail account will not be available after December 31.<BR/>...<BR/>I am trying to arrange for you to have access to The Post story archive for at least six months in 2008 to help you prepare resumes and provide writing samples to potential employers. Please stay tuned for details on that.</I><BR/><BR/>Uh.. How is one meant to "stay tuned" when your email account has been terminated?<BR/><BR/>Witness the telepathic prowess of The Editor.Dan Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-5401466110435871452008-01-03T15:15:00.000-05:002008-01-03T15:15:00.000-05:00One would have to have a heart of stone etc.&hellip;Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10651423791218631787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-25525014370329032182008-01-02T20:05:00.000-05:002008-01-02T20:05:00.000-05:00--------------------------<BR/> Anonymous (Cincinnati Bill) wrote:<BR/><BR/> Holy cow! All the moaning and complaining about the lack of booze and not one word about all the misspelled words. No wonder they're shutting down. I’m an engineer, and if I can see the errors, where are the rest of you.<BR/><BR/><BR/>------------------<BR/><BR/>Reread your paragraph moron. It ends with a question mark, not a period. And you're the guy pointing out errors? What a loser...<BR/><BR/>ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-84098884697824990372008-01-01T11:45:00.000-05:002008-01-01T11:45:00.000-05:00Well, as a former “copy editor” you should know that if a misspelled word is itself another word, spell checkers will never find it. On the other hand, you evidently were a copy editor for the Cincinnati Post.<BR/><BR/>Why don’t you go back and read it again. There are at least two occasions where there is either a misspelled word or the grammar is so bad that the sentence has lost its meaning. <BR/><BR/>Cincinnati BillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-47241715423673249662007-12-31T20:55:00.000-05:002007-12-31T20:55:00.000-05:00"I’m an engineer, and if I can see the errors, where are the rest of you."<BR/><BR/>I'm assuming the errors were fixed; otherwise, I can't find any, and I'm a former copy editor.<BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, Microsoft Word isn't finding any, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-59456991734074550622007-12-28T10:03:00.000-05:002007-12-28T10:03:00.000-05:00Holy cow! All the moaning and complaining about the lack of booze and not one word about all the misspelled words. No wonder they're shutting down. I’m an engineer, and if I can see the errors, where are the rest of you.<BR/><BR/>If you live in Cincinnati as I do, you already know that this whole thing is no surprise – this is a funeral, not a celebration. Go to the nearest bar to hold the wake. <BR/><BR/>Cincinnati BillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-36699203120563960282007-12-28T08:26:00.000-05:002007-12-28T08:26:00.000-05:00Hi All --<BR/><BR/>In the old days (yes, I'm old) newspapers could not be put out unless there was some beer or booze around. I've shared a shot with managing editors, city editors, reporters, photogs, copy desk folks -- it mixed well with the ink in our veins. I guess the era of The Front Page has finally dried up and blown away. Quite saddening, really, to see it go.Bill Sloathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-46712998580669395562007-12-27T17:31:00.000-05:002007-12-27T17:31:00.000-05:00The bean counters and lawyers are the ones that cause it to be sissified.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-37051203561693478712007-12-27T14:55:00.000-05:002007-12-27T14:55:00.000-05:00It's not a matter of journalism becoming sissified, it's Scripps/ It used to stand for journalism, but now it stands for beancounters, which have nothing to do with journalism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-35198933158003891422007-12-27T13:25:00.000-05:002007-12-27T13:25:00.000-05:00No booze in the Post newsroom? Mike, I do believe you've chosen an odd time to crack down. Sorry, guys. 30.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-44328682809491840112007-12-27T13:24:00.000-05:002007-12-27T13:24:00.000-05:00Too sad to see it go. Not even a glass of champagne. Despite the fact this won't be a celebration there will be people who have worked devotedly for years and years ... and not even a toast "for the future endeavors"? Folks, you really need to loosen up. Don't act like robots... relax... take some ex-lax or something and let it go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-65468436419505711442007-12-27T12:43:00.000-05:002007-12-27T12:43:00.000-05:00No booze in a newsroom? No wonder why the media is as maligned as it is today. You guys are more interested in being politically correct and socially (self-) conscious than just being human. Politics was better when back rooms were smoke and Bourbon filled and journalism was better when local watering holes were full of journalists. Just like every other aspect of American society, journalism has become sissified.eurobondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07701774235535205077noreply@blogger.com