Comments on: Moncton Needs a Newswiki

By: Where’s My $#!*ing Paper? « About Bars & Marketing - by Stephen Brooks

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:17:00 +0000

[...] when it comes to the Moncton daily Times&Transcript. I have chastised them in the past for spelling errors, not knowing the definition of words, even mistakes in front-page headlines. So it’s [...]

By: sbroox

sbroox — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:24:31 +0000

And how about devoting so much space to a single “story.”

An upcoming front page article should be:

Uninterrupted Coverage of the Eagles Concert by T&T Now in its 107th Consecutive Day!

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:28:51 +0000

Oh man… don’t get me started on that. You bring up an excellent point that’s been a peeve of mine for years. I’m totally with ya.

Another favourite of mine is confusing and incorrect use of tense (actual T&T headline this week):

“Unsettled weather moves in next week”

Here’s another one from this week that I thought was great: “Greek man beheads girlfriend, shot five times by police”

Also, on a related note, another T&T headline gripe of mine is their overuse of “shocking statements as questions”.

DEADLY VIRUS TO WIPE OUT ENTIRE POPULATION OF MONCTON?

or…

SAYING ANYTHING REMOTELY POSITIVE ABOUT HALIFAX THE CAUSE OF UNCERTAIN DEATH?

Having said all this, and despite the many other gripes I have with that paper as a whole, I can never bring myself to cancel my subscription. What is with that?

(Apologies, I think I’ve gone off the original topic of your post and on to a bit of a rant.)