An extension of the Common Sense Journalism monthly column by Doug Fisher, former broadcaster, newspaper reporter and wire service editor. From new media to old, much of journalism is just plain common sense.
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Unknown (often improperly attributed to Thomas Jefferson)
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
"Common sense is not so common" - Voltaire
"Common sense is instinct; enough of it is genius" - George Bernard Shaw
As of today, AP has deleted the hyphen from daylight saving time.
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posted by Doug @ 1:42 PM
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Not a good change, but then I'm pro-hyphen.
So am I. I find the journalistic "fear" of the things to be unreasonable.
I learned the correct use of the term years ago when looking it up for a front page blurb. I decided to Google search the term this morning, as my girlfriend and I were discussing the correct style. (The Star Tribune in Minneapolis refers to it as daylight savings time on its front page this morning.)
I told my girlfriend it was hyphenated, she was surprised by that. I found this entry from 2007, and now I'm surprised. I should probably stop using my 1990 AP Style book.
Yeah, things change a bit in the style world :) -- not always for the better. I'm actually seeing the return of the hyphen in some publications.
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