At 02:27 PM 8/31/2006, Scott Fybush wrote
>I admit to being guilty of occasionally referencing the "Can of Worms"
>when doing traffic here in Rochester. That's the long-gone name of the
>nasty old interchange at I-490 and 590 on the east side of the city, and
>even though the interchange itself was rebuilt many years ago, the locals
>still use the name.
This is a long-time problem in the Media.
Far too many reporters (not necessarily Scott,
who is hard working ... most of the time!) are
lazy and look for "shortcuts" in stories all
the time.
Traffic locations is one symptom. You have
only to look at the phrases and words used
on the cable channels (and now network news)
to see how superficial the understanding of
the news is by the reporters ... and how little
they care if the listener actually understands.
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