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Apostrophes don't work like title's author thinks they do. Should I read them any further on the subject of, you know, writing about news?
by StrawberryFrog 17y ago
Apostrophes don't work like title's author thinks they do. Should I read them any further on the subject of, you know, writing about news?
- jacquesm 17y agoIt doesn't stop at the apostrophes, unfortunately: "There is a great deal of information worth paying for, but for the most part, it’s hard to understand why anyone would be incentivized to pay for the news for news is as free as the freedom of speech." There seems to be some misunderstanding about the meaning of the word 'free' in those two vastly different contexts. The fact that others are reporting the same news is no reason to draw this parallel, after all that says nothing about the quality, the convenience and the timing of the reporting. Things like the google phone are much more suitable to blog style reporting than say investigating a political scandal, on-site reporting and analysis. That's where you can create real value as a newspaper, fluff articles about gadgets not so much, the barrier to entry is way too low. Especially if those articles are speculative in nature.
- StrawberryFrog 17y ago* hard to understand why anyone would be incentivized * Ug. Needs a re-write in simple English. What it's trying to say probably isn't that complex, but it's very badly put.