I was more offended, meanwhile, by the kindergarten quality of writing I witnessed from the Blockshopper writers. The most basic rules of spelling and grammar were violated and tortured on a regular basis. Some writers didn’t even understand the concept of inserting an article like “a” or “an” before a noun. I emailed my supervisor to complain and was told I should give them a break because they were from the Philippines. English may have not been their first language.
The answer was no, and this phone call was the last straw for me. How could news stories with the Chicago Tribune’s banner on them follow journalistic practices that would make a high-school newspaper reporter blush?