Bob Trane suing The Somerville Journal

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

A friend e-mailed me this. It seems rather odd and childish. Bob Trane is suing the Somerville Journal over a cartoon? In my opinion, it does not send a good message about Trane, frankly. Comments?

Bob Trane suing The Somerville Journal

Comments

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

We should counter-sue him and whoever writes his press releases for the damage caused to us who read it. I will never recover the brain cells killed by this sentence: "Add to this that after weeks of printing paid advertising from the Trane Committee in the agreed to position and page in the Somerville Journal, the final Trane ad which was to have appeared in the Journal in the very edition of the paper where the libelous cartoon was printed failed to be printed."

ha ha

[marylu.livejournal.com]

"To have also deliberately done so in it's last edition before the primary, thereby denying Mr. Trane the opportunity to confront and refute this scurrilous lie in the same pages where it appears, is journalism at its very worst and most despicable."

Re: ha ha

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I didn't mention the two counts of egregious mis-use of "it's"; that's only a misdemeanor, after all. ;-) But it is especially funny given the single correct use, proving that whoever wrote it at least knows of the existence of "its".

Re: ha ha

[mjperson.livejournal.com]

Is the improper use of "it's" only a misdemeanor now?

Re: ha ha

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was decriminalized about a year ago. The fines are pretty hefty, though, and of course the points add up. Whoever wrote that press release is pretty close to getting their fingers revoked.