MidtownCoog Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Has anyone else noticed the trend in the Chron and also in TV news when referencing Harris County?Lately they just say "In Harris". That just seems sloppy and lazy. Example:Mobile food vendors in Harris face tougher rules http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headli...ro/4900830.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehou Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I hadn't noticed. But it would seem to me to be journalistically erroneous to leave out County. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 (edited) Not sure what you are talking about. The headline and article say "Harris County" all the way through.They left "County" off of the front page link so that the link would only take up one line. That is not laziness. It is webpage efficiency. Edited June 19, 2007 by RedScare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 (edited) the rss says "in harris" Edited June 19, 2007 by sevfiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 (edited) Read the front page from Chron.com and also the top of your browser's status bar.They left "County" off of the front page link so that the link would only take up one line. That is not laziness. It is webpage efficiency.Whatever, dude.And that's why there are story lines that are longer right below it. They still have more real estate on the screen. Houston & TexasMobile food vendors in Harris face tougher rules NationSurvey: Parents would back stronger limits on media violence And Ch 2's Rachel McNiel said the same thing last week. What the hell is she trying to save? Brain space? Edited June 19, 2007 by MidtownCoog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Sounds like a topic for a Dennis Miller rant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 I am a freak like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Me, too. Just not on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Gotta agree with Coog. Little journalistic cliches like that are always annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Gotta agree with Coog. Little journalistic cliches like that are always annoying.You're just being contrarian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 All those shortcuts came as a result of being trendy with the advertising era of saying crud like KFC, BK, Mickey D's, etc. Truly pathetic. Wish it would end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Chances are it started out in the newspaper, and the TV stations are picking up on it because one of the managers thinks it sounds cool.Also, I totally buy the "saving web space" theory. Some of the content management systems the newspapers use only allow them to type a certain number of letters in for a headline. Some will automatically take out articles and other low-priority words to save space.Also, the RSS feeds read from the same database as the web articles, so it only makes sense that the word would be dropped there, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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