[MortMan]

Oh, I understood what they meant to say. I also understand that reporters were once purported to be able to write correct English.

[riverdawg]

“I also understand that reporters were once purported to be able to write correct English.”

There are few editors and even fewer proofreaders at today's newspapers and other media outlets. Reporters type and then upload their stories to someone (not necessarily an “editor”) who positions the story on the webpage and in a template for the print edition. This according to a friend of ours who recently “retired” (just ahead of another anticipated downsizing of staff) from the local newspaper.