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.


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