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[align=left][/align]This will probably be viewed as wildly OT but I want to vent.
I presume that most of you, like me, are regular readers of Keep and Bear Arms so you'll know what I mean.
Have you ever noticed how often the bits of text accompanying the headlines have little or nothing to do with that headline or in fact with the thrust of the story? For examples I refer you to the site.
There is much more to editing than simply choosing a paragraph on the basis of a hard verb or a pithy phrase. It would be much easier and much more informative to simply write one or two sentences conveying the meat of the item.
The site is a very good idea but it is so frustrating I'm about ready to give it up. And yes, I have tried to contact them.
[align=left][/align]This will probably be viewed as wildly OT but I want to vent.
I presume that most of you, like me, are regular readers of Keep and Bear Arms so you'll know what I mean.
Have you ever noticed how often the bits of text accompanying the headlines have little or nothing to do with that headline or in fact with the thrust of the story? For examples I refer you to the site.
There is much more to editing than simply choosing a paragraph on the basis of a hard verb or a pithy phrase. It would be much easier and much more informative to simply write one or two sentences conveying the meat of the item.
The site is a very good idea but it is so frustrating I'm about ready to give it up. And yes, I have tried to contact them.