I think that I consume news a little bit differently than most others. Besides the usual activities of showering, shaving, and getting dressed, my morning routine includes updating the Podcasts on my iTunes and syncing my iPod. On the drive into work, I “listen” to podcasts of the news shows from the night before. My first “listen” of the day, and the one I tend to be the biggest fan of, is AC360 with Anderson Cooper and his co-anchor Erica Hill.

One of the things that separates CNN from the other professional news networks is their full on embrace of the power of Social Media. As a network they took on Ashton Kutcher to see who would reach a million followers on Twitter first, and although they lost their use of Social Media is prevalent in the majority of their shows. One of the things that AC360 does is a “Live Blog From The Anchor Desk” where I came across this doozy Friday night…

It’s bad enough that most e-mails have become devoid of capitalization and punctuation, but when I see a “journalist” post something like this which is representative of her abilities as a professional I cringe.

Literally.

The shift key is not that hard to hit and her lackadaisical approach to using correct grammar sends the wrong message. Correct grammar and spelling should be used in not only official reports or stories, but in all blog posts and comments as well. Failure to do so is not only lazy but indicates a level of incompetence in monitoring the quality of your own work.