Monday, 12 April 2010

A tiny bit of editing

Take a look at this Straits Times piece:

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_513612.html

... and then this one by Reuters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63B25A20100412

Amazing how much of a difference a little bit of editing can make to the story and turn the tone of the story around almost entirely. The Straits Times story is simply a cut down version of the original Reuters one but the tone could hardly be more different.

Rest in peace, Hiro Muramoto
เขียนโดย Don Sambandaraksa ที่ 21:58
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  1. Some people have looked too closely and thus missed the point. The point is the pro-government story is relegated to a sidebar, looking almost like a Google Ad if you don't look closely enough, while the anti-Government text remains in the main part of the article.

    Very subtle layout, and yet to someone with only 3 minutes to glance at it, the main story is all you see.
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