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Re: The Guardian unworthy of toilet paper?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 4 Oct 2005 14:59:36 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy Gould wrote:
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The title is, as with newspaper titles everywhere, sensationalist but the
article itself makes a fairly honest assesment of his position in my opinion.
Would you care to elaborate on what part of it you see as ‘smear’?
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I’m not John. But I think the title of the article is the smeary (or
‘sensationalist’ if you prefer) part, not the body.
But then, so’s the title of this thread (as John chose it), it smears the
Guardian, doesn’t it? It does so in the name of sensationalism, that is, in
order to get the readers of this august forum to particpate in the thread.
So how is one OK but not the other?
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| (...) While I agree in principle with what you are saying I don't actually see you debating the 'smear' in the article at all. You have repeatedly stated that it is a smear and you have provided a transcript and you have (debatebly incorrectly) (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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