dmarti writes: Wikipedia knows the difference between a baler and a bailer. The New York Times, not so much.
It does so build up one's confidence into the accuracy of the reporting, doesn't it? John McIntyre notes, in Save money: Cut back on editing, a correction in the Washington Post:
A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number.So, which is your favourite Newspaper Of Record?
dmarti continues: But the fit and finish of the writing in peer media is often better than what cut-back Mainstream Media outlets can manage any more. I suppose that's good news..
Quite. When you compromise quality to save money, you save the most visible cuts, like checking whether words mean what you think, 'til last.