Why are there so many typos in internet news reports?

It is totally a rush to be first and it is sickening. Anything for clicks and ad-impressions.

When I worked for a major New York newspaper many years ago, there was zero tolerance for typos. As @johnpowell rightly points out, speed is priority one—not accuracy of writing, not even, too many times, accuracy of reportage.

Is that a trusted site? Have never heard about it before. If it isn’t, then plus what @johnpowell said, something like that is likely to happen.

Sorry if I shout.

IT MAKES ME CRAZY!

They never re-visit what they post??
There aren’t people that read and edit the posts for clerical errors?
It’s almost impossible to read a major news story and not spot a glaring typo/grammatical error.
Nooze and current events no longer seem to have standards.

If, of course, that’s germane(ly).

To be honest I wouldn’t really look to Gizmodo or any of its sister sites (Gawker, Kotaku, Deadspin and a few others) for examples of journalistic excellence. They’re basically glorified blogs.

Because most internet news services do not bother to hire copy editors.

It is totally a rush to be first and it is sickening.

Local daily newspapers are full of typos. Too little time for more than a grammar/spelling checker doing the editing, and the software does a poor job. I understand the difficulty that newspapers have making a profit, and why it is necessary to limit the size of their staffs. However, I read a local newspaper into an audio file twice a week that is aired by a university for the reading impaired. It is obvious that no one at the paper reads anything after it has been entered into a computer. Pronouncing names, especially foreign is difficult enough, but trying to figure out what the reported had intended to say is asking too much.

Absolutely right, @Bill1939. Dismaying.

@Mimishu1995 and @Darth_Algar I should have clarified: I don’t know anything about that site. It was just one example that sparked the desire to ask the question. There is one on the BBC online news page this morning as well. One would expect them to be more careful, but this is a common occurrence.

@Bill1939 I can’t imagine how you successfully convert printed articles into audio without stumbling. It’s challenging enough doing it on my own.

Maybe there is something wrong with my brain. Every time I read a typo, I have to go back and read it again, assuming that I missed part of the message being relayed.

The bottom line reasons are of course that this is a crowded field where anyone with an itch can aspire to be a “journalist”, along with the obvious fact that there are few if any consequences for failing to filter shoddy craftsmanship.

Never would happen if they had the Fluther mods working for them.

@Pied_Pfeffer Fair enough.

But yeah, it is an issue that gets worse and worse. It’s not just the rush to get things out first though. It’s a product of the non-stop 24/7 news cycle and the need to constantly generate content, lest the reader’s attention drift for even a moment.

Could someone post the corrected version of the sentence?

@flo It should read, “Germany”, not “German”.

Here is the one I ran across this morning on BBC: According to I’m Alan Partridge, the long-running BBC TV show featuring actor Steve Coogan, the eggs and beans should be separate when served. “I may want to mix them, but I want that to by my decision,” Coogan said on an episode in which his Russian girlfriend makes him a traditional English breakfast. Source

@Pied_Pfeffer, you asked how I “successfully convert printed articles into audio without stumbling?” The answer is that I stumble a lot. However, I use WavePad Sound Editor to record and frequently go back a bit to re-record things that are messed up. Spot editing, cleaning up pops and clicks and compressing the recording to exactly 58 minutes takes about two hours.

@Pied_Pfeffer Thank you.
By the way I thought Germany was the one that produces so much wind energy that it reportedly interfered with the grid in other countries.

Just as importantly, why are there so few avenues for suggesting/making/demanding corrections to flawed internet news feeds?

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