The Bear, the Log and Sloppy Writing
July 31st, 2007 by Menachem Wecker
In a brilliant piece in the Guardian, George Saunders reminds us that Americans are stupid and that writing headlines requires common sense:
Anyway: sloppy writing, that’s our problem. Also failure to fact-check. Look at this one: Man Discovers Picasso Painting In Attic. Hello! Picasso’s dead! If not, he’s, like, 200 years old, and I doubt he can 1) climb the stairs into some dude’s attic or 2) paint once he gets there.