JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 Bills, Fitzgerald discuss new contract Terrible...
billsfreak Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 Bills, Fitzgerald discuss new contract Terrible... Who cares? On a National level he might as well be Fitzgerald or FitzMunster. Give it time, if he keeps improving (or doesn't play as bad as he did in the Giants game) and the Bills remain competitive, eventually they will get it right, maybe. Even if they don't, who gives a crap? It won't effect the game at all.
Smears Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 I think its funny when someone write an article but doesnt do their homework. It doesnt bother me because I feel the less media attention they get the more they'll concentrate on football and not interviews.
NJBuffFan Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 I don't understand how, in many of these cases, they get it right in story but screw up the headline.
kdub Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) Bills, Fitzgerald discuss new contract Terrible... FWIW, they get it right in the content of the story. Edit: Oops, NJBuffFan beat me to that point. Edited October 25, 2011 by kdub
judman Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 Man, there is no way that should pass. Bad reporting and even worse editing!
IDBillzFan Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 I don't understand how, in many of these cases, they get it right in story but screw up the headline. Because the person who writes the story isn't typically the person who writes the final headline.
eball Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 Who cares? On a National level he might as well be Fitzgerald or FitzMunster. Give it time, if he keeps improving (or doesn't play as bad as he did in the Giants game) and the Bills remain competitive, eventually they will get it right, maybe. Even if they don't, who gives a crap? It won't effect the game at all. I sure hope Peyton Manson can return from injury this season. You seriously don't understand why getting a person's name right should be a foregone conclusion in reporting? This has nothing to do with anything other than sloppiness.
Coach Tuesday Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 Anyone else notice that the auto-correct feature on the iPad automatically changes Fitzpatrick to Fitzgerald? I wonder if that has something to do with all of this...
NJBuffFan Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 Because the person who writes the story isn't typically the person who writes the final headline. Yes, but typically the headline writer reads the first paragraph or two so he/she would see Fitzpatrick right there. Plus, a copy editor should review the whole thing, headline and all, before it's published. I don't care if it's a bum on the street interviewed for some random story or one of this season's most productive QBs, getting someone's name right should be an absolute given. With all these mistakes, I feel like there's some internet joke that I'm not aware of.
buffalo1983 Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 ok... So besides them messing up the name.. It does say "Fitzgerald discuss new contract". I dont see any quotes from him in this article discussing anything about his contract.
IDBillzFan Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) Yes, but typically the headline writer reads the first paragraph or two so he/she would see Fitzpatrick right there. Plus, a copy editor should review the whole thing, headline and all, before it's published. I don't care if it's a bum on the street interviewed for some random story or one of this season's most productive QBs, getting someone's name right should be an absolute given. With all these mistakes, I feel like there's some internet joke that I'm not aware of. This is strictly the opinion of a guy who started his career at a journalist back when you saved your copy to a floppy disc, printed out copy on a massive printer using special paper, trimmed it, waxed it and adjusted it on the page before shooting the entire page and heading to the printing press: There's less of an urgency for accuracy as it relates to online articles because editing online copy is virtually immediate. Print editions do not have that luxury. I remember working with editors to hit our deadlines as early as possible so as to have enough time to properly edit and proofread headlines, captions, etc. to avoid the embarrassment of even one typo in print. The quickness of online editing, coupled with the need for speed to get the story posted, breeds much of the sloppiness you see in online stories. Edited October 25, 2011 by LABillzFan
NJBuffFan Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) This is strictly the opinion of a guy who started his career at a journalist back when you saved your copy to a floppy disc, printed out copy on a massive printer using special paper, trimmed it, waxed it and adjusted it on the page before shooting the entire page and heading to the printing press: There's less of an urgency for accuracy as it relates to online articles because editing online copy is virtually immediate. Print editions do not have that luxury. I remember working with editors to hit our deadlines as early as possible so as to have enough time to properly edit and proofread headlines, captions, etc. to avoid the embarrassment of even one typo in print. The quickness of online editing, coupled with the need for speed to get the story posted, breeds much of the sloppiness you see in online stories. Very interesting perspective. I hadn't thought of it that way. I just graduated from j-school three years ago so I'm well removed from that era of journalism. Edited October 25, 2011 by NJBuffFan
Just Jack Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 Anyone else notice that the auto-correct feature on the iPad automatically changes Fitzpatrick to Fitzgerald? I wonder if that has something to do with all of this... I just tried it on my iPhone 4, after I put in the Fitz, it showed Fitzgerald. One I put the p for patrick, it switched to Fitzpatrick.
eme123 Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 Stuff like this is just proof that a majority of the media has no clue what they are talking about. They put the wrong name of the guy they are talking about in the title of the article. R u kidding me?
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