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Wednesday, July 27

Lack of literacy reigns supreme at PJ Star

Does the Journal Star employ proof readers? Does anyone who works at the Journal Star read their own newspaper? Does the Journal Star employ people who can even read? The typos in this rag are unbelievable.

Today's "Local & State" section includes an article about State Senator Bill Brady's announcement that he is running for governor. It is a fairly interesting tidbit about an ultraconservative labeling himself a "mainstream conservative." In the last paragraph we learn that Brady is pro-life and that, unlike Blago, he does not support benefits for same sex partners of state workers.

The article ends like this:


Brady said government should encourage "procreative marital


That's it. Brady could be for encouraging procreative marital sex toys and Journal Star readers would be the last to know. How does a newspaper drop the ending to a story? This makes the PJ Star's inability to correctly spell Peoria's longest serving council member's name -in a headline no less- a mild mistake.

Perhaps I should give the editors more credit. Apparently they are aware that most of those who buy the PJ Star just get it for movie times and to see what's on sale at Kohls.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

what did you expect? check out lahood's house web sight, er, site, for a couple of common sites, or possibly sights.

Billy Dennis said...

In all fairness, this sounds like a pagination error. Completely electronic. Putting together a newspaper is like trying to figure out a three dimensional puzzle on the fly, and trying to do the work in shifts.

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