Portion Of S.R. 3 Reopens
COLUMBUS, Ohio—A blocking situation with a tractor trailer closed a portion of state Route 3 or Westerville Road Tuesday.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.
Authorities closed Westerville Road or S.R. 3 between Innis and Woodsedge roads on the city’s North Side close to 10 a.m.
The road was reopened to traffic at about 12:30 p.m.
No more immediate information was available.
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OOPS! 1991, NOT 1992 [Desert Storm].
Donna Willis, April 21, 2009, 12:57
DW: “I see your points. These were the only details authorities released on the incident.“
Jaguar I AGREE:
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DW: “... It’s [blocking situation] a common term.“
Jaguar I DISAGREE
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First, I feel that we should cut Donna some slack.
On the whole, NBC4 does a quite reasonable job with accuracy. About a year ago 4 nearly always and, IMO, recklessly, used the terms rob, robbed, robbery, when such usage was plainly wrong.
A few emails corrected such error.
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And at times, 4 receives its info from the AP, which has made and does make horrendous errors, e.g., “exchange” of gunfire, when describing the Orangeburg Massacre of February 1968, when the students were UNarmed; giving the wingspan of a B-52 the length of a “football field” in 1992 during Desert storm. The AP, to my knowledge, has never corrected the “exchange” error. Colleen Marshall, now “Esq.“ felt that the span was a tad long, but was overruled by her manager (a guy). She was professional enough to return a phone call and explain.
Remember, there were few female royal chauffeurs in Austria when the archduke was shot. I speculate that a female would have asked directions.
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Second, we readers need to realize that news does not happen in evenly spaced sound bites/bytes (pick your favorite). It’s easily possible for several news events to occur concurrently, and need varying degrees of verification. There IS a deadline to get all that done and to the web.
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Perhaps a better headline would have been “Portion Of S.R. 3 Reopens after tractor-trailer caused closing.“
The lead line could have omitted the term “blocking situation.“
I speculate that Ms. Willis does NOT have the TIME to edit, re-edit, re-re-edit, etc., as did the late Judge Learned Hand.
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It’s o.k. to question, but I feel that comments implying that Ms. Willis failed to attend high school are civility challenged.
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If we are civil towards Ms. Willis, perhaps we can persuade her to persuade Ms. Marshall to use a word other than “busted” when reporting crime news. Even my spouse flinchs on that one. I’m always wondering, AA?, A?, B?, C?, 1/2 cup?
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I try to refrain from being illiterate, but until now I had not heard or read the term “blocking situation” used when discussing truck traffic. Perhaps it’s law/fire enforcement jargon.
Donna, you clearly do not see my points - and your response only makes things worse. If “blocking situation” were a “common term” it would come up in the way you used it at least once when I googled the phrase. However, it did not.
No one asked you for more details on the situation. Every story is a “developing story.“
If you truly understood the point I was making, you never could have allowed this “story” to be posted in its current form.
I think we should all be concerned with the lack of literacy from sprockets. I have yet to see a comment that has sort of kindness in it - ever.
I see your points.
These were the only details authorities released on the incident.
Yes, a blocking situation means a semi is blocking the road. It’s a common term.
I can’t speculate on what caused the blocking situation—only that the road was blocked and closed to traffic.
NBC4i.com chooses to post developing stories so that our readers are in-the-know.
I hope that helps.
I think we need to be less concerned about a random typographical error - such as Oscar’s - than we are about an alarming lack of literacy on the part of supposed professionals.
Do the reporters for wcmh go to high school? There spelling and grammer I would say no.
“There” is spelled “Their” and grammer is spelled “grammar”.
“oscar”, you might want to proof read your comment. Which is the correct spelling to be used in this sentence?
A. There spelling
B. Their spelling
C. They’re spelling
Do the reporters for wcmh go to high school? There spelling and grammer I would say no.
More obscure reporting. What is a “blocking situation?“ Did a semi block the road? Where’s my secret decoder ring, and why should I need it?
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