Wednesday, May 26, 2004
The Lexington Herald Leader Responds!
Here's a note I got from the Lexington Herald Leader today, responding to this post criticizing them for the headline: "Army May Send Special Reserves to Iraq Involuntarily."
And lo and behold, he's right! The error is duplicated in The Macon Telegraph, and the Wichita Eagle
Many thanks to the Lexington Herald Leader and to Brian Throckmorton for their response!
Splash, out
Jason
Thanks for your note. In the newspaper's archives, I can't find any instance
of the phrase "special reserves" occurring in 2004, so I assume you are
referring to the May 19 headline on Kentucky.com, "Army may send special
reserves to active duty involuntarily."
This story seems to have been placed on the Web site by the national office
of our online editors. The online editors at Knight Ridder Digital sometimes
add their own stories to the Web content of the various Knight Ridder
papers. This headline was not written by anyone in Lexington; the headline
we used in the print version of the newspaper was: "Army calling up
involuntary reserves -- Soldiers normally considered off-limits are needed
to maintain troop levels in Iraq."
To respond to your broader point, the headline-writing staff of the
Herald-Leader includes two Army veterans as well as several others who have
had family members in the service.
Thanks again for keeping us on our toes
Brian Throckmorton
Copy Chief
Lexington Herald-Leader
And lo and behold, he's right! The error is duplicated in The Macon Telegraph, and the Wichita Eagle
Many thanks to the Lexington Herald Leader and to Brian Throckmorton for their response!
Splash, out
Jason
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