Why do news reports have the word (sic) occasionally on them?
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sic, meaning "thus," is used when the writer quotes material that may not be grammatically correct but were actually what the person being quoted actually said or wrote. It is a way of showing the reader "I know this is a mistake and so do you, good reader, but I am telling you this is exactly how it came to me. Don't write in and complain about my spelling or my poor grammar."\n\nIt can also be used to snidely point up the writer's opinion that the quoted speaker is not too bright. \n\n\n"Vice President Quayle stood up at the spelling bee and said ' "potato: P-O-T-A-T-O-E (sic)" ' "
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ღTay Jღ It's your news?\nhttp://www.osoq.com/funstuff/extra/extra04.asp?strName=Tay_J
702973
They seem to be swear words. Here is a link.\nJust type in the words at the top
497989
I think thare´s a specific kind of pastic for that. In my country (Argentina) it´s called "parsec". Check it in yours.
975930
yeah...happens all the time...just has to be enough truth to make it a story...\n\nmost of the stories are not 100% accurate, if you have ever been part of a news story...you definitely know what i mean.
474465
Have the media report facts rather than running headlines.  The media can spin a story from it's original true meaning in the headline alone.
315116
I don't know what you mean, but I think that you're referring to the font, decks, and how they're laid out.  In the paper I work for, we use serif heads, alternating bold and bold italic (I'm not a big fan of that...).  If the article is skinnier than half the page, we'll use a double-line head, and if the article is a column, we'll use a multi-deck head.  Occasionally we use subheads, but not very often.  If the article is important, then we'll break convention and do something special.\n\nThe New York Times seems to have a few headline styles.  They generally only use serif heads, they capitalize all major words, and they use deck heads a lot.  They vary their fonts and styles in order to avoid tombstoning.\n\nMost major papers (like USA Today) use large sans serif fonts for their headlines, with occasional unbolded serif heads for decked headlines.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/02/opinion/printable1678811.shtml
1119638
It sounds like it is a story posted/viewed electronically, ie. via a computer.
71833
It's used when the author is quoting someone else to let the reader know the misspelled word (or grammatical error) was by the person being quoted and not a mistake on the part of the author.  For example:\n\nThough most researchers agree, Graham stated in his paper _Diverse Investing_, that "the whisdom (sic) of such investing is questionable."\n\nor\n\nNewly elected Mayor Edmund Jones said "The voters has (sic) made their choice."\n\nWhile most folks leave it out of friendly conversation on message boards when including quotes, it's useful in more serious writing to indicate you, as the author, didn't make the error.
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The trend that aggrevates me the most is how local news is broadcasting more and more world news... only to have the world news come on right after it. Stupid... I like local news to be local news. If there isn't enough bad news to report... then report something good for a change.
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its called a synonym.(si-naw-nim).
705610
reporter are not that important to be busy with\n\ni've been reported many times, and here i 'm\n\ntoday i got two violations for nothing, it's not a big deal u know
1081025
It really does bother me actually it's really annoying when people put its instead of it's etc, but the spell checker puts the apostrophes in the wrong places too! \n\nIt's = it has, it is      its = every dog has its day  \n\nYes you are correct.
905890
Oh yeah.  Journalists now tell you what the news means.  Not report it.  How about letting us decide?
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Headline:  sometimes bold, sometimes in calligraphy script, e.g. "The San Jose Mercury News"\n\nStories triaged according to perceived importance and content--e.g., before all sorts of news broke out about E. coli infections from beef, the initial stories may have been on the front page of the local section where the outbreak occurred.  Now, these stories can end up on Page One, above the fold.\n\n"Page One, above the fold":  Stories on page 1 above the fold are generally more salient/important/relevant than stories on the same page below the fold.  These stories are what a potential newspaper buyer sees when looking at a newspaper vending machine or pile of papers for sale.\n\nObituaries:  can be an interesting glimpse of times gone by in your area, especially if the person who passed away was quite old and quite active in local politics or social life.
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The original sense of news was 'new things'; this is long obsolete. Since the 15th century it has been used to mean 'tidings, the report of recent events, new occurrences as a subject or report or talk.' (source listed below)\n\nBut most people would define it as an acronym for North, East, West and South.