Lazy and inaccurate journalism

[Irn Bru Canary 0]

From Jim White in the Telegraph this morning

When James Morrison – the only member of the starting line-up likely to feature in the Premier League season – slammed the ball past Joe Hart in the 12th minute, in the stands they must have thought they had overdosed on the happy juice.

Oh really!

[Houston Canary 0]

The sports editor is as much to blame for letting such an ignorant comment to make it to publication, and you have to wonder how the writer got picked for this job if he''s THAT unaware of the players.

These are not beer league players, they are fairly well-known professionals any school boy could identify.

[TCCANARY 263]

The press box at Wembley must be well stocked with the ignorance juice, Jim has overdosed on it.

 

[Snoddys Jockstrap 0]

you can understand how the journalist himself got it wrong (time pressure etc), but how this got past the senior subs is a total mystery, particularly since the article was probably the splash or lead article.

unless it was online, in that case it only usually gets read by one online sub-editor, who are as junior as it get by the by.

[Tangible Fixed Assets anyone? 0]

http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/england_call_ups_for_norwich_city_trio_1_2337191

Carlton Morris is a striker not a midfield player.

[Snakepit Ric 0]

Anyone read the pullout in the sun yesterday , pubs to go before a match, it said squares who show re runs of Norwich games , shows how much that journalist has been to Carrow road

[Badger 2,405]

You think this is bad -if you want lazy and inaccurate journalism, you should read what they write about the economy!

[PortlandCanary 0]

As a writer and an editor, I can forgive this. I was doing agency work last month and wrote three pages of press copy using the name of a competitor''s car model. We all eff up from time to time. Make it a habit and lose your job though.