Today's Daily Demoham especially blunderful
The Wednesday, March 12, 2008, edition of our local paper is sporting a new masthead in honor of Easter ham. The front page title piece features a stock photo of sliced ham covering the last four letters of its name.
If that weren't enough, readers would almost think the school board gave up on the idea of purchasing 435 Sixth Street if they believed the headline "District opts to lease Blue Shield building." You won't find the true intent of the board until you go to the jump page and see the "lease/purchase" directive mentioned once.
And perhaps you saw the other headline boner "Planners refine W. Sac project." The article actually has to do with the redevelopment of the Old Sugar Mill site in... CLARKSBURG.
Don't leave yet... you gotta love the editorial entitled "Let's wait to see what happens with DA's Office," followed by the subhead "Let's wait and see what an investigation reveals before jumping to any judgments about charges against DA." Wasn't it just yesterday when I saw the front page, top story headline "DA accused of ethics breach." I guess it's all worth it since the Demoham finally attributed their story to a blog... and actually credited it by name, The People's Vanguard of Davis.
You won't see the Demoham graphic, but you can see the W. Sac blunder in the online version - all spelled out - by clicking the title of this story. (Hope you catch it before they fix it)
3 comments:
Another Demo Blunder:
Remember the dog park ?
It is not open.
The dog park was opened for the weekend but unfortunately had to be closed while they put in the parking lot. It will reopen for good in two weeks. Sorry for the delay.
JM
Readers of the Woodland Journal:
1. The covering of our masthead is only a stylistic choice. When designing the paper, editor Jim Smith and I frequently cover the flag with pictures to draw attention to the story being teased. I admit, however, that I had not considered the idea of "Demoham."
2. I cannot speak on the issue of the lease story, as I was not on.
3. The headline and cutline will be corrected online and in the paper. Those were editor errors.
4. The word "charges" is a legal term. Being accused of something is not the same as having charges pressed against you.
If you have other corrections or concerns, please don't hesitate to e-mail me at jdorsey@dailydemocrat.com or (530) 406-6231. Thank you.
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