Funferal » twitter http://funferal.org/blog engraved and retouched and edgewiped and pudden-padded Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:08:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The perils of poor copy-editing http://funferal.org/blog/2011/12/27/the-perils-of-poor-copy-editing/ http://funferal.org/blog/2011/12/27/the-perils-of-poor-copy-editing/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:58:58 +0000 Andrew Ó Baoill http://funferal.org/blog/?p=1506 This article about PhoneDog’s suing of a former employee, Noah Kravitz, over his twitter account is interesting in itself (they’re claiming rights to the account followers, as a customer list, and seeking compensation on that basis). However, what caught my eye was the claim in the RTÉ sub-heading that Kravitz “must pay” $2.50 per user, which matched rather too well what PhoneDog are listed, later in the piece, as seeking.

A quick search reveals that the case is still being litigated. Thus, the ‘must pay’ is merely the claim being made by his former employer, and no damages have yet been assessed. Indeed, if what Kravitz says is correct, it looks like this is a counter-suit aimed at balancing out his claim for a share of PhoneDog’s advertising revenue.

RTÉ’s headline is fine, but the sub-heading implies that the suit has been settled, and compensation levels set. I’m not sure how much copy-editing RTÉ employs before adding news articles to its site, but this is something that could have been caught (and easily corrected) by a good copy-editor – or caused by poor editing that sought to simplify an overly complex construction in the draft lead.

]]> http://funferal.org/blog/2011/12/27/the-perils-of-poor-copy-editing/feed/ 0 Using Twitter to promote radio shows http://funferal.org/blog/2008/01/26/using-twitter-to-promote-radio-shows/ http://funferal.org/blog/2008/01/26/using-twitter-to-promote-radio-shows/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:47:32 +0000 Andrew Ó Baoill http://funferal.org/blog/2008/01/26/using-twitter-to-promote-radio-shows/ I’ve recently started using Twitter for a number of different radio shows I’m involved with. For those who are interested, you can now follow A Critical Ear and Media Matters show updates via Twitter. There’s also my personal Twitter stream, which is somewhat more established (though still rather eclectic in content).

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