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Well. Don’t expect your readers to be journalism majors if you want to make a point, because elaborate hidden twists lead to reactions just like this one. Being

by 9dev 3y ago

Well. Don’t expect your readers to be journalism majors if you want to make a point, because elaborate hidden twists lead to reactions just like this one. Being all elitist about it doesn’t work well either.

tzs 3y ago
I'm reasonably certain that one does not have be a journalism major to manage to reach the 6th paragraph, about 550 words in, of a short (8 paragraph, 900 word) article to find the "elaborate hidden twist". Especially since the article mentions in paragraph 3 that people are mocking SBF for his requests, says in paragraph 4 that it is his own fault for repeatedly ignoring warnings from the judge that he might have his house arrest rescinded and go to jail to await trial if he didn't stop abusing his privileges, and starts paragraph 5 with a "Furthermore" indicating that the criticism of his complaints continue. Then paragraph 6 starts with "However" telling you that maybe there is more to the story than SBF's ridiculous complaints and goes on to discuss how real mistreatment of prisoners is a serious problem. So in fact one only has to make it past paragraph 2, about 180 words, to start finding out that this is not a "sob story" for SBF, and then even a bit of casual skimming will find the upcoming "Furthermore" and "However" paragraphs.
- anuraaga 3y ago
  The article only talks about SBF and the supposes that there are others needing the same or more than him. There are no anecdotes or data for this though, usually you would at least expect some of "so and so has been in prison for 5 years and has been..." type of point. It really doesn't take a journalism major to see this is just a blog and may as well be a sob story for SBF since it does little more than that...
stareatgoats 3y ago
No need to be calling names. There is no elitism or degree in journalism required to understand the point of the article, if one actually reads it. The main problem here is that I made an error in judgement when I thought the bulk of the people here actually read past the first paragraph, the title or even the top rated comment before firing off their comments which may or may not be related to the gist of article at all. Especially on inflamed topics. My bad.
Brian_K_White 3y ago
This level of ignorance or illiteracy is not the authors fault or problem. It's quite basic and common and reasonable. If it baffles you, it is you who is baffled by something ordinary, not the author who wrote something baffling to anyone. Charging elitism over this is pathetic.

by 9dev 3y ago

tzs 3y ago

I'm reasonably certain that one does not have be a journalism major to manage to reach the 6th paragraph, about 550 words in, of a short (8 paragraph, 900 word) article to find the "elaborate hidden twist". Especially since the article mentions in paragraph 3 that people are mocking SBF for his requests, says in paragraph 4 that it is his own fault for repeatedly ignoring warnings from the judge that he might have his house arrest rescinded and go to jail to await trial if he didn't stop abusing his privileges, and starts paragraph 5 with a "Furthermore" indicating that the criticism of his complaints continue. Then paragraph 6 starts with "However" telling you that maybe there is more to the story than SBF's ridiculous complaints and goes on to discuss how real mistreatment of prisoners is a serious problem. So in fact one only has to make it past paragraph 2, about 180 words, to start finding out that this is not a "sob story" for SBF, and then even a bit of casual skimming will find the upcoming "Furthermore" and "However" paragraphs.

anuraaga 3y ago
The article only talks about SBF and the supposes that there are others needing the same or more than him. There are no anecdotes or data for this though, usually you would at least expect some of "so and so has been in prison for 5 years and has been..." type of point. It really doesn't take a journalism major to see this is just a blog and may as well be a sob story for SBF since it does little more than that...

stareatgoats 3y ago

No need to be calling names. There is no elitism or degree in journalism required to understand the point of the article, if one actually reads it. The main problem here is that I made an error in judgement when I thought the bulk of the people here actually read past the first paragraph, the title or even the top rated comment before firing off their comments which may or may not be related to the gist of article at all. Especially on inflamed topics. My bad.

Brian_K_White 3y ago

This level of ignorance or illiteracy is not the authors fault or problem. It's quite basic and common and reasonable. If it baffles you, it is you who is baffled by something ordinary, not the author who wrote something baffling to anyone. Charging elitism over this is pathetic.