Throughout the 2012 presidential campaign debates, The Times has employed a separate fact-check sidebar to assess the validity of the candidates’ statements. Do you like this feature, or would you rather it be incorporated into regular reporting?
From a top comment underneath the article: “If you actually did this, you would reclaim the purpose of print media.” Well said.
In the end, I can't help but notice that this now makes two Apple CEOs in a row where the press has struggled to define limits covering their private lives. Jobs’ health issues are still the subject of speculation (and a recent tasteless photograph that I will not link), and there, too, many journalists argued that his health was practically public domain because of shareholder interest. With Steve stepping down, the debate moves from a CEO's health to a CEO's sexuality. Voyeurism isn't the right word, but whatever it is, it is still there. We've just moved the justification of our journalistic ingress into private lives from shareholder interest to social justice.
As soon as Tim Cook was announced to be the next Apple CEO, his private life was put in the spotlight because of an article by Reuters' journalist. I don't understand why, according to some, gay people must report on their intimacy and make it a news story. Reminds me of some decent journalist who said a dozen years ago why he avoids reporting on celebrities' private life: “I'm not anybody's bed cover”.
Sexy." You see it applied to non-human objects all the time, but especially electronics. And the thing is, those writing it almost never mean it. When a writer unleashes "sexy," more often than not what is meant is "desirable." And because sexual desire is something that almost all adults can understand, it's commonly applied. Easy!
A sexy article about common disease of tech journalism.
Throughout the book, adopt a sotto voice, in conspiracy with the reader, and a sad I-expected-so-much tone. Establish early on that your liberalism is impeccable, and mention near the beginning how much you love Africa, how you fell in love with the place and can’t live without her. Africa is the only continent you can love—take advantage of this. If you are a man, thrust yourself into her warm virgin forests. If you are a woman, treat Africa as a man who wears a bush jacket and disappears off into the sunset. Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated. Whichever angle you take, be sure to leave the strong impression that without your intervention and your important book, Africa is doomed.
Very practical guide to writing about Africa. Should work as well for writing about most “exotic” and developing areas.
I didn't make myself clear to the last man I worked for until after I took the job. It was as if the Marquis de Sade had suddenly found himself working for Billy Graham. The man despised me, of course, and I had nothing but contempt for him and everything he stood for. If you asked him, he'd tell you that I'm "not very likable, (that I) hate people, (that I) just want to be left alone, and (that I) feel too superior to mingle with the average person." (That's a direct quote from a memo he sent to the publisher.)
Nothing beats having good references.
Hunter Thompson, the icon of gonzo journalism, applies for a job.
Two decades making games. I've seen a computer fly through a window, I've seen an ex employee trying to sledgehammer through from one companies adjoining wall to ours so he can get to his office and get his "stuff" back, I've seen one of my friends, a long time game vet kill himself on his birthday because nobody would listen to his brilliance
Disturbing comment to a good article on computer game industry. Great material for a book indeed.
