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ABC News needs a copy editor

Posted 12/16/07

A messy day for ABC News. First there’s this on the home page:

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It’s “four fewer,” guys, not “4 less.” It’s one thing for the idiots at Kroger to mix those up, but you’re supposed to be writers.

Then, from its “10 Worst Moments in Sports” we’re told that “Major League Baseball players also striked against a proposed salary cap….”

The past tense of strike is “struck.

[sigh]


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