Do editors read the letters they print?

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  • BobSch
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    • Aug 2004
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    #1

    Do editors read the letters they print?

    Apparently not...

    http://i.imgur.com/0loTa.jpg
    Bob

    Bad decisions make good stories.
  • Alex Franke
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    • Feb 2007
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    #2
    Wow -- that's awful.

    Copy editing seems to be a luxury for newspapers nowadays...
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    • dbhost
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      • Apr 2008
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      #3
      Is that the New York Times?
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      • herb fellows
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        • Apr 2007
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        • New York City
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        #4
        During the OJ 'chase' scene, when OJ had arrived at his house, one of the networks phone interviewed a man who claimed to be OJ's neighbor.

        They asked him what he saw and he responded with something like:

        'Lookee here! I seen da OJ and he looked scared. Man, he was shakin' and shuckin' etc etc.

        Now despite the fact that OJ lived in a neighborhood of multi million dollar houses, this interview went on for several minutes before someone else from the network broke in and told the interviewer that this guy was a scammer.

        Really?! They are so anxious to get 'the scoop' that they will accept ANYTHING in the hope of being first. Being accurate doesn't even enter into the picture any more. Needless to say, I take my news with a grain of salt these days.
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        • TB Roye
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          • Jan 2004
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          #5
          The letter was from a paper in Patterson New Jersey. The phone number in the upper left corner is for the Landzinski family in Patterson, which is not the letter writer. So it is some idiot in New Jersey. Perhaps they should check this jerk out before he acts on his vision at least he gave his name, which may be someone elses name. After last weekend you gotta wonder how many of these crazies are out there. Wonder what his guy current wife would think if she saw the letter, perhaps she is now his x wife. Luckily I have never had to deal with step children but have heard it can be rough.

          Tom
          Last edited by TB Roye; 01-11-2011, 11:31 AM.

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          • JSUPreston
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            • Dec 2005
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            #6
            Here's the online version of that page. However, the editorial pictured is missing:
            http://www.northjersey.com/news/opin....html?page=all
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            • BobSch
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              #7
              I'd heard a version of this years ago but never thought I'd ever see it on the LTTE page in a newspaper.
              Bob

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              • Capstone
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                • Jan 2011
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                • Garland, TX
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                #8
                Originally posted by BobSch
                I'd heard a version of this years ago but never thought I'd ever see it on the LTTE page in a newspaper.
                I've heard a similar joke before. Think it was meant to be comical.

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