RE: OT: Journalism (was: interesting ....)

I wrote:

> A journalist can't simply to the extent of inaccuracy to cater
> for them, unfortunately. 

I meant "simplify", not "simply".

And somewhere later on, I wrote "Jack Milne would have love",
when I meant "loved".

A sub-editor gets paid to fix such errors in journalism.

And an editor would have spotted that I referred to Milne & co as
"a bunch of criminals". After crapping on me from a dizzy height 
he'd change it to "a bunch who seem to have acted criminally",
because although all the evidence points in this direction, it 
has not been established beyond reasonable doubt. The 
qualification is crucial, and the system works most of the 
time...

(Even courts work on "balance of probability" in civil cases,
and "reasonable doubt" in criminal cases. Would you accuse the
legal system of being irresponsible because their decisions are
thus qualified?)

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