A recent post about a newscaster's faux pas prompted me to locate this classic clip. It was first released on YouTube nearly five years ago, but is viewing as an example of the importance of punctuation - in particular, a period should mean a point.
The text as it was written for the presenters:
"Good evening, I'm Ken BASTIDA;" Dana is starting tonight.
He was murdered and set on fire while celebrating his birthday."The body of Jimmy Frezshi found firefighters on Monroe Street…"
The result when it was read off the teleprompter:
"Good evening, I'm Ken bastida.Dana is starting tonight; he was murdered and set on fire, while celebrating his birthday."
"The body of Jimmy Frezshi found firefighters on Monroe Street…"
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The importance of punctuation
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