English grammar standards like in French and Spanish; therefore, while the use of the term may annoy you, there is no set standard that backs you up in saying it is wrong. Linguistically speaking, since the speaker and the hearer both understand the point that was being conveyed the usage is just as correct as your perceived standard. Your perception of "proper English" and its grammar rules is just your own dialect that has no official acceptance. Any linguistics textbook will back that up. Essentially what you are arguing is prescriptivism verses descriptivism, and that is an argument that is yet to be settled.

As for academic and press standards of English such as Associated Press Stylebook, the Chicago Manual of Style, or the MLA, the standards often contradict each other, so who is right? None of them are either right or wrong, because as stated before, their is no official right or wrong in English.