Internet 7–1 over 5 centuries of journalism research
Author criticizes loss of journalistic rigor, pointing to technical and linguistic fragility influenced by the internet.

I give up on the internet’s “style manual,” by which the robot, dumb as it is, does not understand Portuguese with the passive voice. “A truckload of marijuana was seized” became “The police seized a truckload of marijuana.” 5 centuries of research
But not only that, unfortunately. I stopped nitpicking at the “details” offered in newscasts. Anchors say “now all the details.” And I used to think “but aren’t they ‘information’?” Now, I watch the “details” and let it slide.
Not to mention the terrible conjugation of the imperative. It is “acesse” the site (the correct imperative), not “acessa” (the colloquial indicative). Unless there is a change of verb tense. “You access the site to find out when the world will finally end,” for example. But want to speak wrong? Fine. Speak “mascar chicrete” too (a mock mangling of “chew gum”).



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