Journalistic Standards are Dipping
Reports are getting more and more silly.
Firstly, we had the stark contrast in fashion comments as mentioned in an earlier post.
Here are some instances of common writing fallacies shown in The Straits Times-
The Fallacy of Tautology
Straits Times/World Section/July 21, Saturday
"Man's Tiny Brain Doesn't Stop Him Living Normal Life
French doctors are puzzling over the case of a 44-year-old civil servant who has led a normal life with an extraordinarily tiny brain... Scans... showed that the man's cerebral cavities had massively expanded, taking up most of the room in his skull, leaving only a thin sheet of actual brain tissue"
Well, OBVIOUSLY, if you're a civil servant, "a thin sheet of actual brain tissue" is more than enough for a normal life.
This fact also sufficiently explains public policies.
The Fallacy of Over-Generalisation
Quote published in The Sunday Times/"Did They Really Say That?" Quotes Section/July 22nd 2007
"That is a mistake.
The Miss Universe is not a beauty contest."
- New Miss Universe Riyo Mori of Japan, when asked how it felt to be chosen the most beautiful woman of the world
The Straits Times editors were implying that Miss Universe is absolutely a beauty contest.
But what Miss Riyo Mori should have said was actually
"The Miss Singapore Universe is not a beauty contest."
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I don't know about Harry Potter, but I do know magic when I see it, and magic is when nobody reads much nowadays, but people scramble, queue for hours, mess with their schedules, to absolutely read a book in half a day on a specific date, the urgency and speed-reading maybe killing the savour-joy, and NOBODY, nobody at all, does what the child in "The Emperor's New Clothes" does, which is to point out "What's the fucking point?" Why is waiting one more day for the crowds to clear inconceivable or insensible? Isn't the fact usually the other way round?
Reports are getting more and more silly.
Firstly, we had the stark contrast in fashion comments as mentioned in an earlier post.
Here are some instances of common writing fallacies shown in The Straits Times-
The Fallacy of Tautology
Straits Times/World Section/July 21, Saturday
"Man's Tiny Brain Doesn't Stop Him Living Normal Life
French doctors are puzzling over the case of a 44-year-old civil servant who has led a normal life with an extraordinarily tiny brain... Scans... showed that the man's cerebral cavities had massively expanded, taking up most of the room in his skull, leaving only a thin sheet of actual brain tissue"
Well, OBVIOUSLY, if you're a civil servant, "a thin sheet of actual brain tissue" is more than enough for a normal life.
This fact also sufficiently explains public policies.
The Fallacy of Over-Generalisation
Quote published in The Sunday Times/"Did They Really Say That?" Quotes Section/July 22nd 2007
"That is a mistake.
The Miss Universe is not a beauty contest."
- New Miss Universe Riyo Mori of Japan, when asked how it felt to be chosen the most beautiful woman of the world
The Straits Times editors were implying that Miss Universe is absolutely a beauty contest.
But what Miss Riyo Mori should have said was actually
"The Miss Singapore Universe is not a beauty contest."
---
I don't know about Harry Potter, but I do know magic when I see it, and magic is when nobody reads much nowadays, but people scramble, queue for hours, mess with their schedules, to absolutely read a book in half a day on a specific date, the urgency and speed-reading maybe killing the savour-joy, and NOBODY, nobody at all, does what the child in "The Emperor's New Clothes" does, which is to point out "What's the fucking point?" Why is waiting one more day for the crowds to clear inconceivable or insensible? Isn't the fact usually the other way round?
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