Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Bad introduction

In the morning paper today, and there was an article that caught my wife’s attention. It was about a man, who having been arrested on suspicion of murder for shooting another, allegedly filed false IRS papers with the court. About halfway through the story it gives the background of the shooting case. The article introduces the victim by only his last name. It appears he was mentioned earlier in the article but that the name got cut during some point in the editing process. At least, that’s how I picture it.
Sometimes we cut for length, but we must be careful not to cut vital information. Another thing that always bothers me is missing articles of which I have also been guilty. Bu these seemingly small mistakes can be alienating to the reader.

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