February's rant

Hey, I know it's early in the month, but I'm iced in and doing a lot of reading. You know what really annoys me? People, especially editors, who rely on spellcheck and don't check to make sure they have the correct word, whether it's a homophone or just a close match. This one is audience participation. Send me your examples of bad editing. I'll start us off with an example from February 1, 2010, a wral.com article on John Edwards: But he eventually became disillusioned when it was obvious the affair wasn't ending and that Edwards was less than discrete about it. We all know that John Edwards wasn't particularly discreet about his illicit affair; unfortunately that doesn't make him individually distinct. Now let me spell-check this and make sure I've spelled everything correctly!