NYT accidentally publishes unedited Keystone XL story 1 hour before vote scheduled to take place

[kpete]

New York Times accidentally publishes unedited Keystone XL story with two different ledes & lots of journalistic jargon.


the New York Times on Tuesday accidentally published an unedited version of a story about the Senate's vote on the Keystone pipeline at about 4:40 p.m. ET -- or about an hour before the vote was scheduled to take place.










more:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/nyt-keystone-pipeline-oops

[Brickbat]

1. TK = to come.

[Kelvin Mace]

4. So, nyt reporters can't spell

that explains a lot.

[Brickbat]

6. No, it's standard shorthand in the industry.

[Kelvin Mace]

7. So, the entire industry can't spell?

Explains even more.

[snooper2]

8. what do you do for a living?

[Kelvin Mace]

10. What difference, pray tell,

would that make?

Are satirical points now banned unless one has a certain set of credentials?

I am a speaker, writer, and enthusiast of the English language. I find it rather funny that people who draw a pay check premised on the ability to spell correctly would use the abbreviation "TK" to mean "to come". I guess (and here I am going out on a limb and making another satirical point) that TC must already be in use in the thriving "porn criticism" branch of journalism for "to cum".

[Brickbat]

9. My apologies for thinking you were interested.

[Kelvin Mace]

11. Geebus Crutchfield on a nuclear-powered pogo stick!

I was making a JOKE!

[MineralMan]

14. No actually, it explains nothing. There is a reason for

those misspellings in editing shortcut notes. Lede, Hed, Dek, TK...all of them. They are deliberately misspelled to get the attention of editors and copy editors. Misspellings stand out like sore thumbs, so these words are misspelled to avoid them showing up in published versions. These shortcut terms have one thing in common: They are not actual words in English. They are misspelled to make sure that they are seen by people for whom correct spelling is almost a religion.

Any editor who sees TK won't mistake it for anything else, like TC used as an abbreviation for Twin Cities. Lede means Leading Paragraph, but Lede is not a word, so it stands out to editors.

These are deliberate misspellings, not accidents. There's a reason for them. There are many of them.

And yes, I am a professional journalist, with a 30 year career in that field.

[Kelvin Mace]

16. You have taught me a very important lesson

Never try to make a joke without telegraphing the goddamned thing ahead of time, preferably with a brass marching band, followed by a Mariachi band, followed by Weird Al with an accordion.

Now please excuse me while I carve "Never make a joke or attempt satire on DU without appropriate disclaimers and notarized waivers" on the back of my hand with an X-Acto™ Knife.

{Disclaimer: The previous sentence was not meant to be taken literally. It was a pop culture reference to Harry Potter's punishment at the hands of Delores Umbridge in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (the book, not the movie, you Philistine). The poster has not engaged in self-maiming, but he is getting very, very depressed. Also, the poster has no intention of engaging the services of any bands, Mariachi or otherwise. And while he has met musical satirist Weird Al Yankovic, he would not presume to impose on him with such a request, even though it is possible that Weird Al might appreciate the humor of said request.}

{Disclaimer: The above disclaimer was satirical. The persons responsible for the satire have been sacked.}

{Disclaimer: The above disclaimer was even more satire, and shamelessly stolen from Monty Python and the Holy Grail . Nobody was actually discharged from their employment, as the poster is the only person writing this drivel and is certainly not getting paid for it. The poster apologises for any inconvenience suffered by the readers of Democratic Underground, the staff of Democratic Underground, LLC and its shareholders.}

{Disclaimer: The poster id NOT implying any hostility towards MineralMan and no ill feelings should be inferred. The poster is just very, very frustrated since this is the second post where people failed to see humor that the poster thought was bloody self-evident. The poster assumes full responsibility for this failure.}

[MineralMan]

19. It's difficult to detect satirical intent in a one sentence post.

Sorry. I just explained how TK and other journalistic jargon came to be.

[Kelvin Mace]

20. My frustration

was born from this thread and another where I bent over backwards to make the humor obvious. Far be it from me to cast the first pedantic stone.

[SixString]

17. So you're claiming to be a journalist now?

[MineralMan]

18. What? I spent 30 years of my life as a magazine journalist.

Last edited Wed Nov 19, 2014, 04:32 PM - Edit history (4)

Magazines I wrote for include Seventeen, Better Homes and Gardens, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Mechanix Illustrated, Science Digest, Western Outdoors, Mother Earth News and Family Handyman in the 1970s and 80s, followed by Compute!, Family & Home Office Computing, Computer Shopper, PC World and others from the mid 1980s, through 2007. Then, I switched careers and started writing content for business websites.

What on Earth is your problem? Are you calling me a liar? I've written about being a journalist many, many times on DU. Clearly, you don't know me at all. And I certainly do not know you.

[MineralMan]

21. I updated my reply to you by adding a partial list of

magazines I contributed to in my 30-year career as a writer and editor. I'm not claiming anything. I did exactly what I said I did. Please bother someone else. Thanks.

Still not convinced? Here are a couple of links:

http://books.google.com/books?id=-9kDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA102
http://books.google.com/books?id=BtUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA98
http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/build-a-hot-tub-zmaz80mazraw.aspx#axzz3JY32Hohr
http://books.google.com/books?id=LC1AAQAAIAAJ&q=%22George+Campbell%22+%22PC+World%22

And here's what I do now:

http://twincitieswebcontent.blogspot.com/

[RiverLover]

2. Funny!! ~nt

[still_one]

3. They also published that there were WMDs in Iraq before they were there. Oh wait, they never were

there

[derby378]

5. And, on a related note...

[mercuryblues]

12. Mr Obama

That liberal press is shining through.

[pinboy3niner]

13. That's been common news style for decades

"Mr." is acceptable after first reference with title.

[Blue_Tires]

15. That happens from time to time

I remember the AP or ESPN doing it with an MLB playoff game a few years back -- They had a "Team A wins" story up on the site for a few moments before Team B had a ridiculous miracle comeback...