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Monday, May 14, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
Copy Edit The World #3
This is from the MSNBC News app on my iPhone. The line in the middle accidentally spells blanket as "blacket."
The first word in this story spells the name of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter wrong. Her name is supposed to be spelled "Dannielynn" instead of Danielynn.
To be fair, this isn't an originally found typo. This was an amusing story I saw on the news about an elementary school that misspelled its own name for 9 years. Posters, flyers, t-shirts, and other memorabilia all used the spelling "Sunrise-McMillian" when it should really be "Sunrise-McMillan" with no extra "i."
Monday, May 7, 2012
Post #11 - IMHO (#2)
A
recent story I read on msnbc.com is about a woman who was fired from her job
with Wells Fargo for a crime that she committed 40 years ago.
Yolanda
Quesada, a Wells Fargo employee for more than five years, was terminated last
week after a background check revealed a shoplifting conviction from 1972 when
she was just out of high school.
Judging
from the online comments on this news story, many people are worked up about
Quesada’s termination. One of the
most scrutinized lines in the story is a quote from a Wells Fargo spokesman
that says, “We are bound by federal law that generally prohibits us from hiring
or continuing the employment of any person who we know has a criminal record
involving dishonesty or breach of trust.”
Considering
the recent controversies surrounding Wells Fargo in the last two years or so, I
can see why this comment sparked a lot of discussion. Wells Fargo has had incidents with tax evasion and has been
accused in the past by public officials of misusing taxpayers’ money. In 2012, the company was fined by a
judge for unfair overdraft practices that misled customers. Also, last month, they were ordered to
pay $3.1 million in damages for mortgaging service misconduct.
Based
on these incidents, it seems a little ridiculous that Wells Fargo would fire an
employee for a minor crime of 40 years ago when they haven’t done much to prove
their own honesty as of lately. I can’t
disagree that this seems a bit hypocritical of a company charged with
misleading customers and avoiding taxes.
I
am torn on this issue, however, because I also see the fault in Yolanda
Quesada. Wells Fargo has a written
contract against hiring anyone with this kind of criminal record. Quesada knew this when applying and
knowingly lied during the application process. In that respect, the termination is not unfounded.
I
can see from the perspective of both the bank and the employee. This, to me, reiterates the importance
of understanding every angle of a story when examining the news.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Letter to the Editor
Dear Yahoo! News,
I just want to let you know how much I appreciate the story
by Eric Pfeiffer about Hawaiian student Ciara Cetraro’s 13 years of perfect
attendance. It is truly refreshing
to read a story about something good that someone has done and to see them
recognized for it. In a news world
full of crime, violence, and celebrity garbage, it is nice to finally come
across a story with a positive message.
Ciara deserves to be praised for her hard work and great achievement. Thank you for using her encouraging
story to spread inspiration to others.
Sincerely,
Amanda – San Jose, CA
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/13-years-perfect-attendance-student-nears-2-000-221116269.html
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