I don't do this very often, but I've stumbled over two examples of the same bad English usage just now within about five minutes:

As far as complaints about the quality of the products received, he acknowledged having "heard that," but said he couldn't comment. – the Gazette, in a cranky-consumer piece.

As far as creating a guide to the FFM, it's hard to know where to start. – Hour, in a film festival piece.

I see this sloppy "as far as" more and more often, and it means nothing. If you must, it's "As far as x is concerned" or "As for x'' but even these tend to crop up in waffly, passively written, under-thought journalese. How about:

He acknowledged having heard complaints about the products, but said he couldn't comment.

It's hard to know where to begin if you're constructing a guide to the FFM.

There. That blue pencil was burning a hole in my pocket.
posted at 10:53