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"Dog owners have 33% lower risk of death, study finds", reads the clickbait link on the front page of BBC.co.uk this morning. "Odd", I thought, "up til this very moment, I thought I had a 100% risk of death. Perhaps I'd better get a dog, then I'll have a 1 in 3 chance of immortality." Turns...

Ha. You learn something every day. :thumbsup:

Indeed so; but a house style also requires that the rule is applied consistently - not least because if it isn’t, it ceases to be a house style and instead becomes mere sloppiness. I refer you to post #68. For an organ that does have a house style, and consistently applies it, The Economist...

I guess NASA should be grateful that at least the BBC are consistently wrong. Pity the South African Development Committee which is abbreviated as Sadc here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42006777 and as SADC here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05g7mgw Just to round it off, leaving...

Yep - and your explanation for the "then"? :wink:

Second article read today - about Spacey's alleged behaviour at the Old Vic. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42009596 "Three people told the Old Vic they have contacted the police, with all except two testimonies predating 2009." That would be one, then. "He added that he...

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It’s one thing having a pop at the Argus or the local rag that one of our esteemed members writes for; its quite another when the BBC follows them down into the abyss, albeit more slowly. For about three years, I’ve noticed an increasing number of articles containing errors. These errors are...