Originally posted by

Mike

The photo caption associated with this article states that Carl Browning is 65 years old and has been married to his wife for 61 years. He's been married since he was 4 years old? Wrong. Also, this veteran spent his civilian years driving for MEADOWGOLD Dairy, not Medigold Dairy. If journalism majors are staffing & editing the DEN, perhaps a basic course in proofreading and research would be useful.

While I appreciate that the DEN took the time to commemorate the anniversary of the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor and found a veteran from that horrible moment for an interview, I must agree with Mike's comment here. The article was rendered nearly unreadable by the obvious lack of editing and proofreading. I wonder if ANYONE associated with the DEN is in charge of such duties for it seems that this is the rule rather than the exception. The DEN staff needs a wake-up call. This piece reads as if written by an eight grade student with a tenuous grasp of English and grammar. I assume that journalism students write for the DEN, but is there no oversight by the instructors prior to publication? What a shame that an article such as this is ruined by woefully lacking journalistic standards.