"The problem is, who checks the accuracy. Other non expert journos. Not every newsroom has a geek like me to keep them straight.
I really don't know if there is a practical answer."
It's called professionalism and whether you (as in the newspaper, editor, reporter) want to look like a dick or a professional person.
They seem to, wouldn't or are less likely to make the same mistake with the Royals, calling a Judge a Lawyer or F1
or 1000cc motorcycle racing so why with the military ?
And as someone else pointed out, they then want us to pay for it !!!
Last edited by 500N; 28th Aug 2013 at 19:35.