2 ms·
I am totally on board with your point. Giving color to the feel of a community is indeed an important part of reporting. And I think in that context, the inclus
by ternaryoperator 8y ago
I am totally on board with your point. Giving color to the feel of a community is indeed an important part of reporting. And I think in that context, the inclusion of demographics make sense despite OP's displeasure.
What I object to is the characterization of a single individual based on his looks ("Hair like mink"). Not only does it tell the reader nothing useful, it doesn't give any sense of the community being covered. It's just a superficial aside, which if removed from the article would not lessen the reader's understanding.
- JohnBooty 8y agoBy all logical measures, what you say about those superficial descriptions is of course correct. However illogical it may be, though: I enjoy reading them! Though in this case, perhaps the article would have been better served by a picture of this person (who's apparently a big deal in the pen world) Certainly there is some threshold after which I'd consider those physical descriptions distracting. I'm not sure what that threshold is.