AJC alters the space/time continuum
July 7, 2009 at 11:14 am by Scott Henry in News
The AJC has sponsored the region’s premier 10K race for 33 years, branding it the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race long before the two newspapers had formally merged. And it’s always been on the Fourth of July. Always.
But apparently not this year. From the front page of today’s AJC:
Agent: Racer not guilty of elbowing
Tadese Tola, the first person ever disqualified from the AJC Peachtree Road Race, wasn’t trying to elbow anyone. He was merely running inefficiently.
Tola’s agent, Hussein Makke, on Monday disputed claims that Tola deliberately elbowed Boaz Cheboiywo in a battle for fourth place in Sunday’s race.
The 4th was, of course, Saturday, as was the AJC Peachtree Road Race. But I guess when you own an event, you can say it happened any time you like.
I’m aware I’m throwing a stone from my own glass lean-to, but I can’t help but think such small but significant mistakes are the result of editorial downsizing. Fewer sets of eyes means more errors will find their way into print — and online.
At least that’s the excuse I’ll use the next time I screw up.
UPDATE: I orginally called the AJCPRR a marathon because I’ve never paid it the slightest bit of attention and because I didn’t have adequate editorial supervision. See what I mean!
July 7th, 2009 at 11:31 am
That’s nothing… I’ve seen articles on ajc.com with no complete sentences.
July 7th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Enact editorial downsizing excuse … now!
AJC failed to properly report the date, you failed to properly report the 20-mile difference between a marathon and Atlanta’s 40-year-old 10K road race tradition: this critique is a wash.
July 7th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
this critique is a wash.
On the contrary, it makes its own point.
July 7th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Thank you so much for pointing this out. It made me cringe to read it.
July 7th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
The AJC is a shell of what it used to be. I hesitate to even call it a newspaper anymore. Even with the economic downtown, the AJC can’t even compete w/smaller Southern newspapers in Birmingham and Nashville and Charlotte, that at least put out a halfway decent product. It’s not even on the same level as these cities, never mind the Chicago Tribune, Wash Post, LA Times and Boston Globe.
July 7th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
When did you move into a glass lean-to?