9 Dead in Omaha Shooting

Chock · 12-05-07, 08:53 PM

You'll never stop the media writing crap like that, having been a writer for a daily newspaper in the past before I got sick of it, I can assure you that 'journalese' as it is known, is expected of you by editors when you write. So you end up putting all the cliches in, because if you don't it comes back with a note telling you to do so, or gets rewritten by the subs in that way, so there are always 'fleets of ambulances' for example, buses do not fall off cliffs, they 'career uncontrollably and plunge' etc, etc.

It's the nature of the business, and it is a business, they want to sell stories, facts, other than the basic truth, are almost always a secondary concern.

Chock

12-05-07, 08:53 PM	#11
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You'll never stop the media writing crap like that, having been a writer for a daily newspaper in the past before I got sick of it, I can assure you that 'journalese' as it is known, is expected of you by editors when you write. So you end up putting all the cliches in, because if you don't it comes back with a note telling you to do so, or gets rewritten by the subs in that way, so there are always 'fleets of ambulances' for example, buses do not fall off cliffs, they 'career uncontrollably and plunge' etc, etc. It's the nature of the business, and it is a business, they want to sell stories, facts, other than the basic truth, are almost always a secondary concern. Chock __________________