MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoExtreme heat affecting 3rd of US residents Sunday, forecasts showabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkExtreme heat affecting 3rd of US residents Sunday, forecasts showabcnews.go.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEspecially_the_lieslinkfedilinkarrow-up21·11 months ago Affecting 3rd of US Residents Not 1/3 or 1/3rd or even a 3rd? I miss the days when news companies hired proofreaders.
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoThey are just dumbing things down to be on the same level as their readers.
minus-squareAlecSadler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoI worked briefly in journalism (before going a completely different direction) for an Oregon newspaper and we were instructed to write at a 6th grade level. This was…20 years ago? I can’t imagine it has trended better.
Not 1/3 or 1/3rd or even a 3rd? I miss the days when news companies hired proofreaders.
They are just dumbing things down to be on the same level as their readers.
I worked briefly in journalism (before going a completely different direction) for an Oregon newspaper and we were instructed to write at a 6th grade level. This was…20 years ago? I can’t imagine it has trended better.