Rick Wagoner Can't Get No Respect - Or, Great Moments in Copyediting History

A thought: If you can't produce the CEO of General Motors's name from memory (and with the correct spelling of his surname), maybe you have no business writing editorials about the American auto industry?

(Credit to my editor, Mark Stein, for catching this one.)

Comments

[Joyful Alte...:]

"TK" in publishing-speak is "to come," meaning that whoever wrote this meant to later fill in such details as the first name and proper spelling. We live in dread of such notes making it into print, as this one did.

Apr 01 09:23 AM

[LariAnn:]

BTW, is it supposed to be "Waggoner" or "Wagoner"? If "Wagoner", then the last name in the editorial is misspelled as well.

Apr 01 10:39 AM

[Jackson Cash:]

This is a sign of the times and precisely why I don't read bullshit commentary from uninformed, idiots.

The media is a train wreck...

I wonder if this was outsourced to either a Jr. High student, or out of the country (too).

Apr 01 01:18 PM

[Steve M:]

How about using a double negative in the article title?

Apr 01 04:05 PM

[Rix:]

I would assume this to be a reference to comedian and actor Rodney Dangerfield's catchphrase "I don't get no respect," but I could be wrong.


On Apr 01 04:05 PM Steve M wrote:

> How about using a double negative in the article title?

Apr 01 04:43 PM