Saturday, May 22, 2004
Military Cluelessness in the Media...
Here's a headline from the Lexington Herald-Leader:
Army may send special reserves to active duty involuntarily
There's only one small problem:
There's no such thing as "the special reserves."
There's active reserve, selected reserve, and individual ready reserve. But there's no such institution as "special reserves."
The columnist, Joseph Galloway, got it right. He's been covering the Army for decades. This is entirely the error of the Lexington Herald-Leader newsroom.
And again, readers and coverage are hurt by the underrepresentation of military veterans in the newsroom: one solitary Army veteran anywhere in the editorial chain could have caught the error.
You can write the editor, Tom Eblen, at teblen@herald-leader.com
Splash, out
Jason
Army may send special reserves to active duty involuntarily
There's only one small problem:
There's no such thing as "the special reserves."
There's active reserve, selected reserve, and individual ready reserve. But there's no such institution as "special reserves."
The columnist, Joseph Galloway, got it right. He's been covering the Army for decades. This is entirely the error of the Lexington Herald-Leader newsroom.
And again, readers and coverage are hurt by the underrepresentation of military veterans in the newsroom: one solitary Army veteran anywhere in the editorial chain could have caught the error.
You can write the editor, Tom Eblen, at teblen@herald-leader.com
Splash, out
Jason
Comments:
Just amused that upon commenting on a paper's mistake, you made your own. Tom Eblen is not the editor of the Lexington Herald-Leader, he's the managing editor. The editor is Marilyn Thompson.
# posted by 
: 4:41 PM
: 4:41 PM
Okay, now I've gone back and read the article. It's about the Individual Ready Reserves. The only time special reserves is mentioned is the headline and it wasn't intended as the name of the organization.
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