The power of editing...

One of the first lessons drilled into the heads of young journalism students at UO is grammar and editing. In fact, those who fail to acquire this skill struggle through the program--if admitted at all. I am sure I share the same opinion as most of my peers in the Journalism program when I express how much hatred I have for classes like; grammar 101, Writing for the media and eventually taking the dreadful LSDT. Now looking back, I am so grateful for the hours of frustrating grammatical studying that took place in my college career.

In all my experiences and classes I have taken at U of O, I have never been inclined, or forced for that matter, to take a course on broadcast news. I in no way am placing judgement on the WAGT station in Georgia. I believe a news journalist is a very stressful, high-paced and impromptu occupation. One in which I never want to be a part of. However, I wish I would have been sitting in front of the tube when this poor news anchor delivered this classic news story...



Go on, look close. You will notice that whoever decided "cut-and-pasted" from Google images or wherever, was a good idea might want to get their eyes checked. Did anyone who works for WAGT proofread, or even look at the picture for that matter?

Everyone misspells and overlooks errors--lord know I still do, but this is a pretty big error! I can only imaging executives reactions to this news story. In fact, I wonder if even Krispy Kream knows just how good their donuts really are? All I can say is that I thank everyone of my professors over the last 4 years who drilled editing and proofreading into my head. Although, it is pretty funny when things like this happen!