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LA Times: John Lennon Buying in HancockPark

By encinoman

No, it&;s not a descent into the world of the Weekly World News, merely a copyediting error in Hot Property  (below.)  In other words, not deliberate, just incompetent. When does the newspaper as public trust become a public joke? Hot Property

&;Reno 911&; actor John Lennon buys Hancock Park-area house for $2,175,000. Hot property photos

Tags: death-of-copyediting, John-Lennon, Los-Angeles-Times, Reno-911, sloppy-journalism, tabloid-journalism

This entry was posted on May 25, 2009 at 11:05 pm and is filed under copyediting, death-of-newspapers, tabloid-journalism.

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One Response to &;LA Times: John Lennon Buying in HancockPark&;

Time Capsule of a More Prosperous Era « Monday Morning Media Quarterback Says:

October 15, 2009 at 5:50 pm | Reply

[...] at Times Mirror  for hunting and fishing websites, music editors, editorial assistants, and even a copyeditor! Rather than save these depressing time capsules, I tossed them. The paperless era appears to be [...]

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