Monday, May 24, 2004
Memo to the Washington Post
Re: The cluelessness of your newswriting staff
The Acronym "NCO," in a military context, does not stand for "senior enlisted officers."
I'm sorry, are there just not enough military veterans in Norfolk/Northern Virginia/Washington D.C. to recruit from? Nobody caught this?
I understand taking jargon out of an article. But I don't understand looking ignorant in the process.
You were better off just putting [noncommissioned officers] in brackets.
Your readers aren't as stupid as, say, newswriters.
Splash, out
Jason
The Acronym "NCO," in a military context, does not stand for "senior enlisted officers."
I'm sorry, are there just not enough military veterans in Norfolk/Northern Virginia/Washington D.C. to recruit from? Nobody caught this?
I understand taking jargon out of an article. But I don't understand looking ignorant in the process.
You were better off just putting [noncommissioned officers] in brackets.
Your readers aren't as stupid as, say, newswriters.
Splash, out
Jason
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