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MSNBC Can’t Get Grammar in Headlines Right.

Update** As of 10:18 am, the headline has been fixed.  Seems like even MSNBC couldn’t let this one slide.  Let’s pretend it wasn’t because of my e-mail to them (I couldn’t post this and just not contact them - it wouldn’t be sporting) and someone there has found their journalistic balls.  Here’s hoping.

You know you’ve truly slipped through the cracks in the employment world when you can’t get a headline on a news story - a major news story - right.

Check it:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26953481/

Bush: ‘Painful and lasting’ economic damage

President wants of consequences if Congress fails to pass bailout bill

What consequences does he want - cookies?  Little unicorns falling from the sky?  Who knows.  The MSNBC editors certainly don’t know - much of anything.

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Posted: September 30th, 2008 under Errors on Major Websites.
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Life Changing Moments Are Innocuous

I just finished watching “Michael Clayton” for the second time.  Besides having really impressive writing, the final scene impresses me so much because it is what would happen to a regular guy.  There is no hoisting on shoulders, no hugs from other men.  When you do truly great things and make truly good decisions, you still have to go home, make supper and have a shower.  In Michael Clayton’s case, you reflect upon life from the back of a taxi.  Life goes on.

I had one of those moments earlier this year when I realized clearly that I could start my own business and work at it for the rest of my life without having to worry about who I was working for, what they thought of me, and whether or not I was being paid what I deserve.  I feel like I had a victory over the monotonous life that I thought was ahead of me.  While I am making it sound all noble, it is a hard road to make a name for yourself, and you have to find people along the way who are eager to help you out.

I had another one of those moments today when I got my first assignment for a popular tech website.  While I have worked on many websites before, I have never really worked on one that actually had name recognition.  It was a moment that came and went without any celebration, without any recognition.  Just a quiet realization that things are changing.

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Posted: September 29th, 2008 under Anarchy.
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MSNBC.com buggers up another major story

While it may not be a spelling or grammar mistake, our major screwup today falls on a major story in which the editors failed cut and paste in kindergarten.  One of the biggest stories in the media is the failed bailout on Wall Street - perhaps a clue to the root cause of the failure lies in the sheer stupidity shown in the reportage on the subject.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/

Note the repeated paragraphs.  Two of them.

MSNBC gets another gold star - for sucking and not caring!