The Haymaker
Veteran Member
This is true. I think they purposely skimp on hard facts, then they can't be accused of getting them wrong
Editing seems to be a thing of the past. I'm no language genius for sure and I can't believe the poor quality of the writing I see in our local rag. Sometimes the stories are just about incomprehensible due to poor structuring and the apparent inability of the reporter to write out an ordered sequence of events. Or, my favorite is they will refer to a person by name as if they already appeared in the story, and you know who this person is or what they have to do with the topic. It's like they just print the reporter's notes and call it good.
You must get some derivative of The Sentinel too! ""What, a nuke went off in Industry? We can't publish it front page, we have that cute pic of a kid picking his nose."
As to the ATV rider, it is tragic that so many of them die or are seriously injured every year. The great majority of ATV deaths happen with no other vehicles involved. They totally under-estimate how dangerous the machines are, or over-estimate their ATV skills; take your pick. But then, which among us was never young and invincible?
Dave.
Careful! I'm one of those guys! Here's a little vid from last weekend to get the Safety Police awake.
YouTube - Parallel parking The Pig