[Movemout]

If a reporter is incapable of constructing a sentence then he should not be hired. Of course, the pittance allowed a fledgling reporter doesn't guarantee a steady flow of talent in the journalistic pipeline.

[riley1992]

If journalists are coming into their careers without even a basic grasp of proper language usage, they deserve no more than a pittance.

[Jeremy_Bentham]

Well, aspiring journalists are not the brightest people in the world; I know a few, and believe me, they are as dumb as bricks (spelling and grammatical errors are the least of their worries).