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yes, this piece would not stand as a news article on its own (it's also not its goal). I think the reaction we have to it is that it is willing to present aspe
by hrktb 7y ago
yes, this piece would not stand as a news article on its own (it's also not its goal).
I think the reaction we have to it is that it is willing to present aspects that might not resonate with most people, nor have any specific signification or symbolism attached to it.
Even a long form news piece would need to justify why some bits is in it, what role it plays in the piece, and get scrapped if it fails to justify itself. The advantage of this piece is it has none of these restrictions.
In its way it's a very good complement to cut and dry news.
- unityByFreedom 7y agoHK is protesting because they don't support a proposed law that would allow China to extradite HK citizens to China. Very simple to add that and I wonder why such a long blog post does not mention it.
- hrktb 7y agoI'd argue at this point most people who wanted to hear about the protests has, and knows what it is about. Or anyone picking up that there's protests from this piece would find the relevant info very fast. It's actually how I heard about it first, with random comments on international board that pushed me to try to find better sources. That's not a bad path to news either, as you get to it with curiosity and interest already setup. That aside, I think this piece would still be interesting for people knowing nothing about the reason of the protest, just like how we can read memories about wars we don't really know about but still get the 'how it felt from the inside'.