tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post114828770949599292..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: When hacks go crazy subs run and hideDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-67994482892864640762008-07-27T20:28:00.000+01:002008-07-27T20:28:00.000+01:00"However I'll be buggered if I'll have the strikin..."However I'll be buggered if I'll have the striking out done by somebody because they're incapable of doing a bit of elementary space planning."<BR/><BR/>Newspapers evolve during the course of the day. A story that is destined for Page One at 4:00, may be moved to Page 5 by 8:00.<BR/><BR/>Your 1200-word piece may well have been overtaken by events and probably had a limited shelf life. I would have thought it was better that your piece was published at 600 words, rather than not being published at all.<BR/><BR/>From a former sub-editor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-67528345091937100442008-07-26T13:33:00.000+01:002008-07-26T13:33:00.000+01:00I would imagine the subs leaked them in a "see wha...I would imagine the subs leaked them in a "see what we have to put up with?" spirit.David Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541581777824775884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-70509262337277088312008-07-26T12:21:00.000+01:002008-07-26T12:21:00.000+01:00Who leaked the emails and why? It's all good publi...Who leaked the emails and why? It's all good publicity for the Times and Giles Coren, even if he does take a bit of a hit for behaving like a prissy bully. Some people like that sort of thing.joyfeedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02389235103467372410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-88114861662617768442008-07-25T15:13:00.000+01:002008-07-25T15:13:00.000+01:00my god! what an unpleasant little shitstorm. plus ...my god! what an unpleasant little shitstorm. plus i think no one has pointed out the fact that both sentences are in fact, utter rubbish. why stop at removing just one word?<BR/>and theres several spelling mistakes in that rant too, maybe you do need the subs after all eh giles?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-30667401888563153662008-07-25T13:45:00.000+01:002008-07-25T13:45:00.000+01:00I sympathise with Giles a bit but I'd have thought...I sympathise with Giles a bit but I'd have thought you could've anticipated trouble over that last line and added a note why it shouldn't be changed. The joke would've gone over my head too. Anyway I don't see the problem with leaving errors in. They don't interfere with my blog reading and in fact spotting them and working out what was meant is good mental exercise. And the bairn is gaert at wkinrog out slnipelg eevn tihs fkcued up.simbnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811721880591573545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-67237856049242496612008-07-25T13:43:00.000+01:002008-07-25T13:43:00.000+01:00A weak joke (needed his explantion to understand i...A weak joke (needed his explantion to understand it) defended in an offensive manner. You're not as witty (not the same as funny) as your father: get over it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-64263171526097452122008-07-25T12:14:00.000+01:002008-07-25T12:14:00.000+01:00What a nasty little man he is. I don't see why any...What a nasty little man he is. I don't see why any paper or website would bother reproducing such a load of self important tosh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-48086848435669915532008-07-25T10:50:00.000+01:002008-07-25T10:50:00.000+01:00Sorry - there should've been an 'a' in there'Sorry - there should've been an 'a' in there'bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06688439342099359026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-52814236962844163762008-07-25T10:49:00.000+01:002008-07-25T10:49:00.000+01:00Oh for goodness sake!I had to read the it three ti...Oh for goodness sake!<BR/><BR/>I had to read the it three times before I could see a difference between the two - that's seconds of my life I'll never get back - I think it would've been better if he hadn't drawn attention to the fact that he appears to be precious knob.bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06688439342099359026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-6404850137908737642008-07-25T08:33:00.000+01:002008-07-25T08:33:00.000+01:00That letter is the words of a very unpleasant char...That letter is the words of a very unpleasant character however justified his frustration is. I get them impression he'd be very easy to wind up in real life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-44601797844712250332008-07-24T17:43:00.000+01:002008-07-24T17:43:00.000+01:00I’m with Giles on this one. There’s nothing more a...I’m with Giles on this one. There’s nothing more annoying than a precious writer moaning about having his or her copy altered, but in this instance the sub has completely ruined a painstakingly built-up gag/pay-off line. It’s not much of one but that isn’t the point.<BR/>Subs are always moaning about how crap and lazy and slapdash writers are; but subs can be crap and lazy and slapdash too. And this one clearly was in this instance.<BR/>If I were Giles though I wouldn’t drink the proferred “peace offering” cup of coffee next time he visits the subs’ desk.Richard Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237260684135790673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-92133209925619881802008-07-24T14:41:00.000+01:002008-07-24T14:41:00.000+01:00Same thing just happened to me.My contribution to ...Same thing just happened to me.<BR/><BR/>My contribution to 'So, how's your career going?' should of course have read:<BR/><BR/>I'm rich and famous with an enormous penis.<BR/><BR/>Don't know how the mix-up occured, but I can only apologise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-12871593197898173652008-07-24T14:26:00.000+01:002008-07-24T14:26:00.000+01:00First, Giles Coren continues to demonstrate that h...First, Giles Coren continues to demonstrate that he's just Liam Gallagher with "A" levels, so pay him no mind.<BR/><BR/>Second, having worked for a long time chopping and changing between writing and subbing, I've found the relationship to be exactly the same as the one between drivers and pedestrians: whichever category you happen to be in at the time, those in the other are invariably morons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com