and here

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times-sunday/...

Waiting for someone to file a complaint about the "University of Ohio" mention...

Unfortunately the overwhelming majority of state universities formally go by "university of...." California, Arizona, Texas, Michigan, North Carolina South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, etc.

It is lazy, but if you grew up in one of those states, it is logical. I would feel more your pain if the article had been written in Ohio.

I'm also not dismissing that the writer may have referenced University of Ohio in front of Preston "so you end up at the University of Ohio..." who didn't bother to correct him, but properly referenced the university when he spoke, "When I was at Ohio, Saul...." -- in which case the writer will just roll.

unless, as I said, Preston didn't correct him. Folks think the reporter would be stopped in mid sentence, "It's Ohio, just Ohio, not University of Ohio, and not Ohio University, just Ohio. make sure you get that right"

I learned a new term the other day, "toxic positivity."

Includes but not limited to dismissing how somebody genuinely feels about a situation/event in order to "stay positive" or comparing said situation/event to a worse situation in order to feel better, aka good vibes only, somebody else has it worse than you.

Pretty sure if this article were about a buckeye, this journo would have gotten it right.

Screen name checks out! Beware, toxic positivity can lead to negative effects on mental and physical health.

Well, at Marshall we called WVU, the University of Southern Pennsylvania!

On a more serious note, I wonder how many times Indiana University gets referred to as the University of Indiana, and how Hoosier fan boards react in such situations.

Continuing Recovering Journalist's rant, which I couldn't agree more, I'm appalled by what I see in the Columbus Dispatch on a nearly daily basis. And yes, I'm a dinosaur still getting the paper delivered each day, perhaps the last one in all of Licking County.

Just a few examples (not even including the grammar/spelling/factual errors) in the past month or so:

1. While reading page 3 in the front section on March 23 I started experiencing deja vu. Thinking I already read the four articles plus the summary of other stories, I pulled out page 3 in the front section on March 22. True enough, the two pages had the same stories and headlines in the same layout on consecutive days.

2. A headline running across the top of page 3, front section, on April 10: "More civilians flee east Ukraine after deadly strain tation strike". Strain tation?

3. April 14 edition included the Dispatch's first page of its front section. The second page in the same front section? A page from the sports section of the Detroit Free Press.

I'm a graduate of Ohio University's school of journalism although I switched to a career in education 30 years ago. I still enjoy the work the Columbus Dispatch does, being a watchdog of local government, big corporations, politicians, etc. . . I understand the dynamics that have eroded print media over the past few decades. But, like Recovering Journalist, I find it unsettling to see the lack of professionalism coming from newsrooms.

I was surprised that the reporter reached out to Saul and not Jeff. It was Jeff that recognized JP's talent and developed him to become an elite athlete.






GO BOBCATS

Thanks for reminding me why I usually skip your posts. Made the mistake of not looking left before reading.