NY Times Guilty of Crimes Against Language. Is Chaos Far Behind?

We interrupt your normal web surfing to bring you this burst of insanity from MFUJSF's resident pundit, Slate.

As the people of the world look on at the recent uprisings and tragedies occurring abroad, one story seems to be neglected by the so called press: The New York Times published an article on its website with clear and present typos! “Oepration”? Really? Are we going to allow this institution to corrupt our children and gullible adults by butchering the English language as if  it were nothing? It’s a slippery slope here folks. I only noticed that typo when skimming an article at random. Imagine if I were to look through it more carefully? How many more atrocities of misspelling would I find?

It’s precisely this liberal irresponsibility with the written word that has led to the demise of western culture and the rise of garbage-core filth like Twilight! Vampires are supposed to be fearsome monsters, not sparkly! And, and… *starts stammering* It all starts with the gatekeepers of information! Once they start living by a standard that comes short of perfection, all hell breaks loose! Reality TV shows become the zeitgeist, good scripted shows get cancelled way too early (Terriers!!!) and soon we begin to worship unremarkable people on television whose one claim to fame comes from being on TV! Am I the only who sees where this ends? CHAOS! And American Idol on the air indefinitely! Save yourselves from this worst of all possible realities and start respecting the language that your mama taught you.

What do you mean this was not the number one news story of the day? Bad spelling and bad grammar are the first steps towards total collapse. Look at Rome. When the emperors stopped minding their p’s and q’s, the empire was doomed to be toppled. What? I used the expression incorrectly? Oh god. It’s catching on! Incorrectness is spreading like the plague. We are damned. WE’RE ALL DAMNED!!!

This now concludes this burst of insanity from resident pundit, Slate. We now return you to your regular Web surfing.

 - Slate Man is not an actual pundit or expert on language. He is merely an overly opinionated alter ego that sometimes erupts in nonsensical though occasionally humorous rants. The views expressed by Slate Man do not reflect those of MFUJSF or Google. He only speaks for the trees and occasionally a lamppost with an axe to grind. Do not look Slate directly in the eye. He will melt your soul.