Ouch man, it's not about just my preferences. It's a bad headline. Ignoring readers is basically saying let's just let this whole newspaper thing just wilt and die on its own now. There probably won't even be newspapers in ten years.
OK, I was with you a bit on the headline, but now you've officially crossed into Crazytown. Yes, the demise of print media is because overworked reporters don't respond within 24 hours to cranky readers over headlines that they have no control over.
If it truly bothers you that much, contact the desk editor: tucitydesk@timesunion.com. Request a correction, but I don't even think one is warranted.
Ouch man, it's not about just my preferences. It's a bad headline. Ignoring readers is basically saying let's just let this whole newspaper thing just wilt and die on its own now. There probably won't even be newspapers in ten years.
OK, I was with you a bit on the headline, but now you've officially crossed into Crazytown. Yes, the demise of print media is because overworked reporters don't respond within 24 hours to cranky readers over headlines that they have no control over.
If it truly bothers you that much, contact the desk editor: tucitydesk@timesunion.com. Request a correction, but I don't even think one is warranted.
I don't really care about the headline anymore. It's old news now. But if you read the same newspaper everyday and that paper just got worse and worse it would probably bother you too. 3/4 of the articles are from the AP now and the rest are written at the level of a 3rd grade education.
OK, I was with you a bit on the headline, but now you've officially crossed into Crazytown. Yes, the demise of print media is because overworked reporters don't respond within 24 hours to cranky readers over headlines that they have no control over.
If it truly bothers you that much, contact the desk editor: tucitydesk@timesunion.com. Request a correction, but I don't even think one is warranted.
I don't really care about the headline anymore. It's old news now. But if you read the same newspaper everyday and that paper just got worse and worse it would probably bother you too. 3/4 of the articles are from the AP now and the rest are written at the level of a 3rd grade education.
Yes, it bothers me to see print suffering. It bothered me to watch my friends get laid off left and right. It bothered me to have to then work off the clock to cover for those friends. It bothered me when they cut half the fucking copy editors, so the mistakes that these overworked, tired pepole made weren't caught and were then mocked by our readers. It bothered me so much that I "escaped" to a magazine, where it's the same problems, different story.
I don't really care about the headline anymore. It's old news now. But if you read the same newspaper everyday and that paper just got worse and worse it would probably bother you too. 3/4 of the articles are from the AP now and the rest are written at the level of a 3rd grade education.
Yes, it bothers me to see print suffering. It bothered me to watch my friends get laid off left and right. It bothered me to have to then work off the clock to cover for those friends. It bothered me when they cut half the fucking copy editors, so the mistakes that these overworked, tired pepole made weren't caught and were then mocked by our readers. It bothered me so much that I "escaped" to a magazine, where it's the same problems, different story.
Are you drunk? You seriously think that reporters should personally respond to every email they receive from readers? Do you have any idea how many emails they receive?
And further, that they should also respond to all emails even if they are on vacation?
Are you drunk? You seriously think that reporters should personally respond to every email they receive from readers? Do you have any idea how many emails they receive?
And further, that they should also respond to all emails even if they are on vacation?
Yes, you are crazy.
Not really. Yes. Yes. No but I can't imagine it's that many as, like I said, we're in a smaller market.
Are you drunk? You seriously think that reporters should personally respond to every email they receive from readers? Do you have any idea how many emails they receive?
And further, that they should also respond to all emails even if they are on vacation?
Yes, you are crazy.
Not really. Yes. Yes. No but I can't imagine it's that many as, like I said, we're in a smaller market.
Serious question, does your paper have an online comment section? Because mine does, and if even 1/3 of the drivel that fills those comment sections also gets emailed to the journalists, it would fill up their inbox on a daily basis. There is no need for a personal response to someone pointing out a grammar or usage mistake.
Not really. Yes. Yes. No but I can't imagine it's that many as, like I said, we're in a smaller market.
Serious question, does your paper have an online comment section? Because mine does, and if even 1/3 of the drivel that fills those comment sections also gets emailed to the journalists, it would fill up their inbox on a daily basis. There is no need for a personal response to someone pointing out a grammar or usage mistake.
What do you want him to say, anyway? Thanks?
No there's no comment section on regular articles.
Post by badtzmaru22 on Aug 17, 2012 20:50:47 GMT -5
I once emailed a complaint to a newspaper for describing a woman's miscarriages as "losses", yes, with the quotes around it. I was PISSED about it, and that was even before I'd had a m/c myself. I never heard back either. Team Crazy Emailers. And I was a journalism major.
I once emailed a complaint to a newspaper for describing a woman's miscarriages as "losses", yes, with the quotes around it. I was PISSED about it, and that was even before I'd had a m/c myself. I never heard back either. Team Crazy Emailers. And I was a journalism major.
Post by LoveTrains on Aug 17, 2012 21:15:14 GMT -5
Seriously NQB you are on the crazy train with this post. WTF happened to you today?! And I mean this with lots of love, if you need someone to talk to, we are here for you. But I am very concerned for you in regards to this post.
I see nothing wrong with you writing the email. I do think it is a little overboard to be upset about not hearing back, especially in a day. You gave him feedback, if I got a ton of emails in a day/week I'd probably only respond to those that asked a question or needed me to provide them with information. When I'm pressed for time, I don't always respond to people who don't seem to need a response. I honestly think your email falls under that category. A thank you would be nice or just an acknowledgement, but he might just be really busy.
I don't really care about the headline anymore. It's old news now. But if you read the same newspaper everyday and that paper just got worse and worse it would probably bother you too. 3/4 of the articles are from the AP now and the rest are written at the level of a 3rd grade education.
Yes, it bothers me to see print suffering. It bothered me to watch my friends get laid off left and right. It bothered me to have to then work off the clock to cover for those friends. It bothered me when they cut half the fucking copy editors, so the mistakes that these overworked, tired pepole made weren't caught and were then mocked by our readers. It bothered me so much that I "escaped" to a magazine, where it's the same problems, different story.
So, yeah, I'm a bit sensitive about this.
Except for the escaping to a magazine part, my H would agree with every work of this reply. It is sad to see the quality of the paper go down. But what do you do when your staff is gutted by 75% and your remaining staff have to handle the work of three people.
To the OP, you're the crazy one. As others have said, the reporter may not have had any control over the title. Reporters do laugh at crazycake emails like yours. H has shown me some doozies.
I agree that a better headline was in order to emphasize the fact that he raped her, but he probably had no say in it. I do think the "sex means differentiation of the species" takes away from your point, and it is such an accepted idiom that I don't think it's dumbing down the language at this point (and I was an English/journalism major, so I usually care about that type of stuff). Also, reporters get eight zillion emails between PR people readers, sources, editors, etc., so I would not take it personally that he did not respond. I once wrote a complaint to a reporter who wrote a concert review because the singer's daughter (youg teen) came out and sang with him on stage, and the reviewer pointed out that she was FAT. I was horrified. I wrote a letter to him, but I never got a reply.
Still, I think it's good that you took the time to write him. "Having sex with" a four year old MEANS rape, whether he admitted it or not, and that word should have been used in my opinion.
I just read this whole damn thing, and it's one of the craziest things I've read on GBCN to date. NQB, I'm really surprised that this level of craziness is coming from you! I understand where you're coming from about the headline, but you are really being over the top about it. Counting the hours that the reporter hasn't written back is seriously crazy. I'll admit, this makes me kinda worried about you. Like I'm thinking you need to have some chemical levels checked or something.
You think a journalist doesn't check his email, even when he's on vacation? And no, he published a timely article to the web site this afternoon.
I would hope that it is not an expectation for people to work on their vacations. And Yes, your crazy could wait until Monday.
The fact that you think your email about a headline is important enough to warrant an immediate response from someone even if they're on vacation = crazy. I went to school with a kid who was later diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder, and this is the kind of thing he would get up in arms about. I'm not saying I think you have this disorder or anything, just that that's how crazy you're being about this. Seriously. I hope you're grasping this at least a little.
I don't get the concern of the terminology. Are there readers out there who may think that the word "sex" implies that this is NOT rape? I can only see worrying about semantics if a word can be misleading and imply something that it's not. I think anyone with a frontal lobe understands that sex with a 5 year old IS the same as saying rape. KWIM? If we were talking about a man having sex with a teenager, then I can see wanting to know if this was underage sex or was it underage rape. But given the child's age? The point is obvious.
I've emailed journalists before and never got a reply, even if the email was complimentary so I don't think it's weird you haven't received a reply.
If someone said, "I admit, I burned that house down," do you think it's not true to write: "Man admits to arson"? Do you think that when murderers admit to murders, they say, "I admit I committed murder in the first degree?" No. They say, "I killled that guy." It's not a lie to say, "man admits to murder" when someone says, "I shot that dude dead."
"having sex with a child" is just a sanitized way of saying "rape." They are the same thing. You can't have consensual sex with a child, any sex you have with a child is rape. Just because he didn't use the right legal terminology doesn't mean he didn't admit to doing the act.
I'm not sure I'd write a letter to the editor over this one, but I do understand where nqb is coming from.
I'm not sure how all of you have missed my crazy over the years. I guess you don't want to know what I did when Oriental Trading Company messed up my order of 60s party supplies.
Post by whitepicketfence on Aug 18, 2012 7:44:50 GMT -5
:-|
I don't think it's crazy that you took issue with the headline and emailed this guy. (Although, I don't think your email did a good job of getting your point across.) It's the raving lunacy that has since exploded in this thread that concerns me.
Yeah, I agree with WPF. NQB, the crazy in this thread is worrisome. I've seen your crazy but this crazy sounds like crazy me when I was on bad BCPs which was irrational, obsessive crazy. I hope everything is okay.