Bad spelling proliferates in the media thanks to easy electronic access to already faulty news items. Jerry Lanson’s July column in the Online Journalism Review describes how easy it is for misspelled names to spread from news databases into new stories, which in turn go into the archives and compound the perception that these mistakes are accurate. These little mistakes may not seem as dire as reporting Internet urban legends as fact, but, as Lanson writes: “If for no other reasons than that readers care and that writers turn to news’ archives to find facts, not falsehood, correcting even the littlest things should become a priority for all.” I was that annoying person in class who pointed out everyone’s spelling errors in their overhead slide presentations, so I can’t say I disagree with him.