[BNM] [OT] Geek dinners featured in The Argus

[Danny Hope]

On 3/19/07, Rob Beattie <rob.beattie at gmail.com> wrote:
> …they're happy to go all
> clichetastic - partly because they don't have
> the time to do anything else, partly because
> there's no room for nuance in a piece like
> this.

'nuance'? it's not even factually accurate.

> It'd be the same if they wrote about
> football or fishing or folk music - all
> /genres/sectors/passtimes with passionate
> followings that are also subjects that many
> people don't 'get'.

If that's true then what future is there for mass media?

Another example:
http://stories.scripting.com/2007/03/18/theTimesonlineQuotesWrong.html

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Regards,
Danny Hope

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