Time Out

Time Magazine used to have a reputation, alongside the New Yorker and the New York Times, for precision in writing. You may not have liked the Times house style, but it was consistent and it was strictly edited. None of them are really worth a damn any more. It's all falling apart. There isn't any journalistic paragon of the written word any more. We've gotten rid of the human element and put our faith in machinery, and it's not working.

As I noted a couple of days ago, Time Magazine (the online version, granted) used "leary" when they meant "leery", and now this:

After formal studies, they being apprenticeships.

"Being" instead of "begin". It's the easiest of mistakes to make, but a spellchecker can never catch this. Nothing can except the trained eye of a dedicated copy-editor. It's depressingly clear: Time Magazine just doesn't give a damn about accuracy.