June 26, 2008


Here’s one for Michael Grant-Smith

AP Stylebook No Longer “Mentally Retarded”

via Gawker

Journo-nerds rejoice: the AP Stylebook has been updated! It’s the Bible of all that is considered acceptable in middle American newsrooms, and, like middle America itself, is consistently several years behind the times. So what changes can you look forward to in tomorrow’s edition of the Mattoon Journal Gazette? More text messaging, less malarkey, and no more retarded people!

posted by Kathy Hilen-Smith in journalism, news 

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6 Responses to “Here’s one for Michael Grant-Smith”

  1. Michael Grant Smith on June 26th, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    Wow, Kathy, thanks for the link, and also for the hyphenation.

    P.S. You now owe AP $131.26.

  2. Kathy Hilen-Smith on June 26th, 2008 at 5:42 pm

    I paid with your VISA.

  3. Michael Grant Smith on June 26th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

    In bed with a goat.

  4. Kathy Hilen-Smith on June 27th, 2008 at 12:40 am

    Crap. I just realized I did that. (the hyphen, not the goat). Oh well, I have to wear one, you can wear one too.

    What was your name again?

  5. Deron Grant-Smith on June 27th, 2008 at 5:05 am

    Deron.

  6. Kathy Hilen-Smith on June 27th, 2008 at 6:02 am

    Nice try. A wife knows.

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