{"id":8922,"date":"2015-06-12T02:04:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T02:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2015\/06\/12\/proofreading-is-a-dying-art\/"},"modified":"2015-06-12T02:04:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T02:04:39","slug":"proofreading-is-a-dying-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2015\/06\/12\/proofreading-is-a-dying-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Proofreading is a dying art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Original Post Content --><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter  <\/span><br \/>\n\tThis one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this.  It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!!  They put in a correction the next day.     <br \/>\n\t&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- <\/p>\n<p>\tI just couldn&#8217;t help but send this along. Too funny.    <br \/>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says  <\/span><br \/>\n\t      No crap, really? 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