Comments on: Things The Sun does not understand: soccer, video games, movies…

By: Jeffery Simpson

Jeffery Simpson — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:30:07 +0000

I haven’t read "Wages" but it sounds interesting. I know why this gets through, it’s because papers don’t have the resources to employ people who are specialists in a subject any more but they want to be able to have content to fill pages, and thus they send people who are way over their heads to cover things.

By: maikopunk

maikopunk — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:21:11 +0000

What you have written here is a good critique of the Sun’s lame technique of assembling a newspaper solely from press releases and industry-flak interviews.

Have you read "Wages" by John Armstrong. He explains exactly why such stories as these occur, and why the reporter gets stuck putting their good names on something that probably barely resembles anything they wrote.

By: maikopunk

maikopunk — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:20:56 +0000

What you have written here is a good critique of the Sun’s lame technique of assembling a newspaper solely from press releases and industry-flak interviews.

Have you read "Wages" by Hohn Armstrong. He explains exactly why such stories as these occur, and why the reporter gets stuck putting their good names on something that probably barely resembles anything they wrote.

By: not new

not new — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:10:03 +0000

yawwwn… this is not a new thing…

By: Russell

Russell — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:07:59 +0000

Spot on. Having just moved here from England I can honestly say that the worst thing about Vancouver is how bad the newspapers are.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:40:50 +0000

If there was a tattoo parlour called Miramax I’d go there if I wanted a tattoo.

By: Jeffery Simpson

Jeffery Simpson — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:01:58 +0000

I did find their website but if you search say "Warner Brothers Studio" you get websites related to the studio at the top of the results. If you search Insight Studio you get a tattoo parlour.

And they might employ a lot of people, I never said they didn’t. So does McDonald’s and remember they made Mac and Me that wonderful ET rip-off about the alien who loved McDonald’s food.

But if you’re doing an article about how Hollywood is coming to Vancouver and you want to show an example of a big studio working in town why use Insight other than that was who you could get an interview with on short notice.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:54:34 +0000

Okay, good call on the video game BS but I have to nail you on the film stuff.

Insight is actually a big player in town. Granted they mostly produce straight to video stuff that’s not exactly getting critical acclaim and they’re not big players in Hollywood, but they’re keeping a whole lot of people employed. Did I mention they did the new Pamela Anderson movie? The one that got into Cannes? Yeah, don’t ask. And you couldn’t find their website? Shame.

By: bz

bz — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:10:26 +0000

Nicely done. A "fair and balanced" critique?

I like how you acknowledge the issues newspapers have to deal with, but still call "bullshit".

Well written, good job.