MS>VH> MS>    Just showing how willing today's "journalists" are to shoot of
MS>VH> their
MS>VH> MS>mouths without researching first!
MS>VH>
MS>VH> I always say, "Don't ascribe to malice what can be accounted for by
MS>VH> simple incompetence."
MS>    Look at your local paper.
MS>    See how many military-related photos are miscaptioned.  See all the
MS>spelling errors, and all the headlines not matching articles.
How many times have I seen a piece of self-propelled artillery described
as a "tank."  I once saw Time (as I recall) publish a picture of an M40
Duster captioned as "a double-barreled tank." :-)
The Daily Pravda in Newport News, Virginia, routinely has column heads
about someone assuming the "reigns" of power -- I have sent them three
or four letters explaining that those leather straps used to steer
horses are "reins." :-)
MS>    Today's "journalists" often are poorly-trained, unlike the ones years
MS>ago who started as cub reporters apprenticing while in high school and
MS>learning the ropes.
Many of the more experienced journalists make the same mistakes -- in
some cases, I think they have the "Clinton syndrome" -- they loathe the
military too much to actually learn anything about it.
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