Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Quality Shmality!

Here's a current sub-headline from CNN.com (under the headline "E-Mailed the wrong person"):

"Misdirected e-mails are unaviodable, annoying and embarrassing. Avoid a mistake with these expert tips"

So let's start with the fact that whoever posted this (on CNN.com!!) misspelled "unavoidable," as any spell-checker (even the one here on Blogger) could tell. Wow, that's an incredible display of laziness and/or stupidity on somebody's part!

Then there's the combination of an assertive statement - misdirected e-mails are unavoidable - followed by the promise of expert tips on how to avoid the situation that was just asserted as being unavoidable! Hello? Is anyone even thinking about what they're posting on this supposedly-prestigious website?

It shocks me how low the bar was fallen recently...

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