That sound is my dear old dad turning in his grave, he would detest the bastardization of the English language by today's media. A great sub was my old man who dug a lot of journos out of the shite.A dying profession due to proprietors’ greed, and it shows in the state of modern print media. Some papers have barely trained cub reporters writing straight into pre-designed page boxes nowadays and published without any legal, factual or grammatical oversight. That has led to shockers like this
Gibberish lead story appears on page two of Newsquest daily as company axes more sub-editors
Apparent shortcomings in Newsquest production systems were highlighted yesterday when the lead story on page two of the daily Lancashire Telegraph was gibberish. The gaffe happened as the regional press group rolls out new technology which largely does away with sub-editors and instead will see...www.pressgazette.co.uk
Subs will be a ‘heritage trade’ like Blacksmiths soon.