Speaking of academic accomplishments -
“CINCINNATI - Winning football teams are use to a lot of cheering.”
Should be “used”. How are these people allowed to write articles?
There are no standards in journalism anymore. It's going to get progressively worse over the course of years, you watch.
Traditional educational curricula espouse the teaching of verbally pronunciated spelling over traditional spelling. Trough is trof. Rough is ruf. And so on.\
The problem is manifold, but most notably, we have a lack of quality editors anywhere. Those editors are often working on tablets and handhelds and don't want to take the time to adequately proofread. And most importantly, the proliferation of txt-speek and Internet lingo have destroyed traditional spelling in lieu of convenience and brevity. It's estimated that less than half of Americans will be able to compose a hand-written letter, no less in cursive script, by 2020.
That's tragic but expected, and it's only going to get worse. The scene from 'Idiocracy' where the protagonist goes into a hospital and presses pictographic buttons for maladies is more likely to occur than anyone wants to admit.