Comments on: Washingtonian Publisher Has “Liable” Concerns http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/05/washingtonianpublisher-has-liable-concerns/ <em>City Paper</em> Writers on News, Politics, the Media, the Arts, and More Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:01:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: bobh http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/05/washingtonianpublisher-has-liable-concerns/#comment-106088 bobh Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:44:42 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/05/washingtonianpublisher-has-liable-concerns/#comment-106088 You're not really going to nitpick every misspelling in internal memos, are you? Because that would make your blog even duller, if possible. You’re not really going to nitpick every misspelling in internal memos, are you? Because that would make your blog even duller, if possible.

]]> By: Jean http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/05/washingtonianpublisher-has-liable-concerns/#comment-106086 Jean Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:54:49 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/03/05/washingtonianpublisher-has-liable-concerns/#comment-106086 Bubbleheaded publishers (and their lawyers): please go away. Publications avoiding "offense" at all costs is what is driving people away from newspapers and magazines. How can you not already know that? Worst time to go to a museum? C'mon now. As for "liable," in most cases, I would write it off is a forgivable mistake. But surrounded as it is by pure stupidity, I think she may well have thought it was the right word. Bubbleheaded publishers (and their lawyers): please go away. Publications avoiding “offense” at all costs is what is driving people away from newspapers and magazines. How can you not already know that? Worst time to go to a museum? C’mon now.

As for “liable,” in most cases, I would write it off is a forgivable mistake. But surrounded as it is by pure stupidity, I think she may well have thought it was the right word.

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