Author: Graham Laight
Date: 08:30:57 06/07/01
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On June 07, 2001 at 11:04:33, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Looking at the posts about Burgess article it is clear that there is a gross >misconception of what journalism is or should be. Too many scandalized complains >about how light it is, how poor info gives, etc. Too much frowned faces. No >humour at all. Incredible lack of common sense, to say it straight. Tsk Tsk. Bad grammer. Should be "Too many frowned faces". I refuse to read any more of this post. :) -g >Gentlemen: journalism has many faces according the issue. It can be so serious >as to be capable of killing the career of a President, it can discover >conspiracies, it can be so sharp as to cut the fingers of the guy taking the >newspaper, but also it can be just amusing if the case under inspection is not >the big deal. I supposed everyboyd understood that in journalism, like in any >other activity, there is room for degrees of engagement according situation. >Well, chess computers is not the big deal, sorry, to be engaged soooo seriously. >Clearly Burgess took the job as I would had done in his position: an opportunty >to take a rest and get some fun for me and the readers. Maybe I -or other >journalist- would had avoided some mistakes, but, for the average reader, what's >the difference? What they are losing not knowing that the fritz that defeated DB >is not the current Fritz, neither is DB? > >Come on, do not be so arrogant and narrow minded. Do not fall in the trap of >every specialits in his field. Do not believe your job or your hobby is the >great thing and that everybody must walk around whispering and careful like in >the Vatican. I am really amazed that in between so many post, only three or four >-one of them of them by 16 years old boy- show a solid degree of common sense. >Fernando
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