um.. where did the offensive headline come from?
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| Author | Content |
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| tuxchick Jun 10, 2007 6:03 PM EDT |
The article headline reads "Privacy International demands apology from Google over smear campaign." I don't care for the phrase "bitch-slapping", and almost as bad is misspelling "alleged". O Fine LXer editors, would you please consider changing it? |
| Aladdin_Sane Jun 10, 2007 6:36 PM EDT |
I agree that the term is inappropriate, and so is the category. "News story" it is not. "Editorial" at best, but even that is a stretch, since the story was neither spell-checked nor usage-checked. "Google was slated for many reasons..." What is that? |
| dcparris Jun 10, 2007 7:59 PM EDT |
Thanks Carla. I agree with your point. It's fixed. I don't allow that in my forums, and advised the poster to review our ToS. I'll make the editors aware we need to be a little more attentive. Aladdin: The story is, in fact, a news story - not an op/ed piece. A story's category is not dependent on its quality. Apparently, the author assumes, having established the context, that his audience would understand what he meant. I caught it, but agree he probably should have been a little more specific. |
| tuxchick Jun 10, 2007 8:21 PM EDT |
Thanks Don! /me puts away the pig pic. |
| jdixon Jun 10, 2007 8:23 PM EDT |
> me puts away the pig pic. Now who was it that was calling Dino ruthless a while ago? :) |
| Scott_Ruecker Jun 10, 2007 8:29 PM EDT |
I apologize to everyone for letting that get by me. I didn't catch that and I should have, period. |
| dcparris Jun 11, 2007 6:54 AM EDT |
Thanks for stepping up, Scott. |
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