Fake AP Stylebook ¬

2009-10-23

@FakeAPStylebook. Choice tweets include:

On first reference, use “retweeted.” On subsequent references, you may use “RTed,” “copied” or “had nothing original to say.”

And:

According to our technology writer, “Disc” refers to optical media while “disk” refers to magnetic media. NERD.

Not to mention:

While it’s tempting to call them “baristi” because of the Italian roots, the plural of “barista” is “journalism majors.”

[Via Grant Hutchinson] (I’m not sorry.)

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