I know I just wrote a new post, but then Caila, SCAD Radio‘s general manager, shared this with me:
Full link here.
Forget that the writer clearly doesn’t know AP Style. She has bigger issues. Evidence: the very first sentence. I’m guessing she meant “descend” not “decent.”
But wait, there’s more. Gaze upon this section:
So let’s help her out on the big ones:
- “dies” should be “dyes”
- “chanel” should be “channel”
- “affect” should be “effect”
I love the “rumor vs. reality” theme, and I like her voice. What I don’t like, of course, is that it is riddled with mistakes she should have caught. And I’m guessing Savannah Morning News writers post directly to the Web without benefit of a copy editor’s glance.
SIGH.
Observe and report 
This is causing me physical pain.
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It is ridiculous. No excuse.
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That’s really bad.
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arrggghhhhhh
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