KHOU posts wrong Twitter Feed in story about cop convicted of rape.

[Tim-In-Houston]

I realize twitter is the "most important thing on the face of the planet" but did anyone in any editorial capacity over on Allen Parkway stop to think if or why this individual would even *have* a twitter handle?

 

[intx]

They haven't even admitted they effed up yet. Um, lawsuit. Remember when KHOU was the serious journalism station in Houston? Not so much anymore.

 

[fredcantu]

I'm guessing their tweet program auto created the hash tag when they typed in the name and they didn't notice. Not a journalistic blunder, especially in these days of being asked to do more with fewer people. Less time to review before hitting send.

 

[JHBrandt]

I'm guessing their tweet program auto created the hash tag when they typed in the name and they didn't notice. Not a journalistic blunder, especially in these days of being asked to do more with fewer people. Less time to review before hitting send.

You're probably right. I do think it counts as a journalistic blunder, but the responsibility lies with management asking too few people to do too much and relying too heavily on automation. It wouldn't hurt them to hire an extra proofreader; as the saying goes, "to err is human; to really foul things up requires a computer!"

 

[fredcantu]

It wouldn't hurt them to hire an extra proofreader; as the saying goes, "to err is human; to really foul things up requires a computer!"

I understand some newspaper staffs have shrunken so much that their copy editor functions are now outsourced to larger sister papers. Is that best? No. But it is cheaper.