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Sometimes a thermometer is just a thermometer? poynterinstitute: “You need to have a dirty mind to be in the business of mass communications. Or, at the very least, you need someone with a dirty mind on your staff. Because you do not want to give the sixth grader in all of us this kind of viral amusement.” — Charles Apple, The Visual Side of Journalism. (More sixth-grade humor in his post.)

Sometimes a thermometer is just a thermometer?

poynterinstitute:

“You need to have a dirty mind to be in the business of mass communications. Or, at the very least, you need someone with a dirty mind on your staff. Because you do not want to give the sixth grader in all of us this kind of viral amusement.” — Charles Apple, The Visual Side of Journalism. (More sixth-grade humor in his post.)

poynterinstitute

We’re about to get grammatically obnoxious.  latimes: There was a festive mood in Paris Thursday, where [when | edit: reference is to time rather than place] two journalists were cheered by colleagues after their release from capture in Afghanistan. The pair were [was | “pair” is singular] captured [with their Afghan driver and translator | let’s keep everyone together] on Dec. 29, 2009 [edit: hey, that’s my birthday! Shout out?], northeast of the capital of Kabul with their Afghan driver and translator. Check out more Ppictures in the Nnews. [Hey, let’s do but why the initial caps?] Photo: Television journalist Herve Ghesquiere, left, is cheered by colleagues as he arrives at a gathering at France Television headquarters [edit: tell “France Television” they should rename themselves “French Television”]. Ghesquiere and Stephane Taponier, held hostage in Afghanistan for a year and a half [along with their Afghan driver and translator | let’s put people together], were captured on Dec. 29, 2009 [Again, my birthday, let’s celebrate], in Kapisa province, northeast of the capital Kabul, along with their Afghan driver and translator. [edit: Wait a sec, doesn’t this repeat everything in the first graph?] Credit: Gonzalo Fuentes / Reuters [How ‘bout a period and a little link love back to Gonzalo and Reuters?] Feel free to hit us with the same anytime. Our typos are all over the place.

We’re about to get grammatically obnoxious. 

latimes:

There was a festive mood in Paris Thursday, where [when | edit: reference is to time rather than place] two journalists were cheered by colleagues after their release from capture in Afghanistan. The pair were [was | “pair” is singular] captured [with their Afghan driver and translator | let’s keep everyone together] on Dec. 29, 2009 [edit: hey, that’s my birthday! Shout out?], northeast of the capital of Kabul with their Afghan driver and translator. Check out more Ppictures in the Nnews. [Hey, let’s do but why the initial caps?]

Photo: Television journalist Herve Ghesquiere, left, is cheered by colleagues as he arrives at a gathering at France Television headquarters [edit: tell “France Television” they should rename themselves “French Television”]. Ghesquiere and Stephane Taponier, held hostage in Afghanistan for a year and a half [along with their Afghan driver and translator | let’s put people together], were captured on Dec. 29, 2009 [Again, my birthday, let’s celebrate], in Kapisa province, northeast of the capital Kabul, along with their Afghan driver and translator. [edit: Wait a sec, doesn’t this repeat everything in the first graph?] Credit: Gonzalo Fuentes / Reuters [How ‘bout a period and a little link love back to Gonzalo and Reuters?]

Feel free to hit us with the same anytime. Our typos are all over the place.

Los Angeles Times