Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:12:16 06/07/01
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On June 07, 2001 at 12:10:07, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >Dear Fernando, > >Good post. Actually, it should read "Too many frowning faces." Graham >misspelled the word "grammer" It should be "grammar". Does Graham know Spanish >or Portuguese? Unlike computers, the human mind can interpret the meaning from >context. Example: T'waz da knight bevor Chrissmass and awl true da hows nutin >waz sturing not e'en a maus. > >Keep up the good work Fernando. Jurnalizm and the styles of jurnalism differ >greatly. The way words are spelled vary from language to language. The word >for "box" is die Kiste in German, e kiste in Greek, and the chest in English. > >Too many of us box ourselves into the very tiny constraints of logic. Good >journalism can be both logical and illogical, serious and flippant, short and >long. > >Viva la differance, > >Tio Timmy But not _false_... > > >On June 07, 2001 at 11:30:57, Graham Laight wrote: > >>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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