Comments on: A copy desk decline in Las Vegas https://newtolasvegas.com/2017/02/05/copy-desk-decline-las-vegas/ Occasional reported observations, musings and commentary from William P. Barrett, a well-traveled journalistic newcomer Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:30:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: William P. Barrett https://newtolasvegas.com/2017/02/05/copy-desk-decline-las-vegas/#comment-585 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:30:33 +0000 http://newtolasvegas.com/?p=406#comment-585 In reply to John Kiernan.

Evidence of the bigger picture.

]]> By: kelley https://newtolasvegas.com/2017/02/05/copy-desk-decline-las-vegas/#comment-583 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:50:45 +0000 http://newtolasvegas.com/?p=406#comment-583 On second thought, Bill, why are you so concerned with “alternative spellings”?

]]> By: kelley https://newtolasvegas.com/2017/02/05/copy-desk-decline-las-vegas/#comment-582 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:48:41 +0000 http://newtolasvegas.com/?p=406#comment-582 Funny, as I read this. it’s pooring outside (programming the flowers, as Richard Brautigan would say, though most likely with proper spelling). I have a visceral response to misspellings, immediately suspicious of the content and the writer, e.g. on the handwritten list of specials at the entrance to a restaurant. If they can’t learn to spell, I’m convinced they can’t learn to clean the kitchen.

Always a treat to read your posts, Bill.

]]> By: John Kiernan https://newtolasvegas.com/2017/02/05/copy-desk-decline-las-vegas/#comment-574 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 20:47:15 +0000 http://newtolasvegas.com/?p=406#comment-574 What’s also frustrating is that most of these blogs and web sites get their info from AP, UPI, NYT, WP, Forbes without doing the investigating.
Your house is for sale again….
K

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