We're not the first to comment on the dodgy headlines gracing the website of new London freesheet the London Weekly. Journalism.co.uk and the Guardian's Media Monkey have been there already. But even if there is no place for sub editors in the brave new world of Journalism 2.0, this is just offensive. (So offensive, in fact, that we've checked to see the whole thing's not a wind-up. It doesn't appear to be, although we're still not entirely convinced)
We're sorry to say this, because we wished it the best, but it's not just the misspelt headlines. The whole site's an absolute shambles. Rubbish design. Sketchy layout. Questionable editorial priorities.
From a one-man-and-his-blog operation, acceptable. But from an outfit with 50-odd staff planning to distribute a 250,000-circulation newspaper? Please don't let this be the future of journalism...
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