Originally Posted by Formalhaut
What do you do?
I'm a journalism Student, Formalhault.
And yeah, The Sun is a load of trout! As are most of the British dailies.
What do you do?
I'm a journalism Student, Formalhault.
And yeah, The Sun is a load of trout! As are most of the British dailies.
As of five days ago, I am a Journalism student as well.
This article is rubbish.
I think readers of the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Independent, and The Times, one of the oldest newspapers in the world, might object to that!What do you do?
I'm a journalism Student, Formalhault.
And yeah, The Sun is a load of trout! As are most of the British dailies.
I can see the newspaper's point, as I think if you showed the man in the street they wouldn't recognise them, though they should really have done more research.
To be fair, the Guardian, the Independent, the Telegraph, and the Times are only four of the British dailies, and Lockharted said "most of the British dailies" are trout, not all of them. A large number are a lot more like the Sun and the Daily Mail than they are the Grauniad or the Telegraph.
But yeah, I will agree those four you mentioned are indeed respectable.
I did not mean those, they are good newspapers. I just didn't feel like listing them in my post. I think the point I intended was made.I think readers of the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Independent, and The Times, one of the oldest newspapers in the world, might object to that!What do you do?
I'm a journalism Student, Formalhault.
And yeah, The Sun is a load of trout! As are most of the British dailies.
I can see the newspaper's point, as I think if you showed the man in the street they wouldn't recognise them, though they should really have done more research.
I agree on the fact that it's good that the media believes that Seymour's Mum and Valefor are "demons " because Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy X are good games and it would be tragic for this series to get negative attention or get a bad view in the spotlight. It would become the new " Doom ". The media would do nothing to hound down the idea that Final Fantasy is evil and creates killers, or even supports Satanic worship because of the "demons "
Final Fantasy is a good series and deserves a good light and not a bad one. Final Fantasy X should be supported for the idea to freely believe in whatever you what to believe in, that wielding a weapon doesn't always equal strength, and that blind following gets you nowhere, also to never forget those who were in your life and made a impact and taught you lessons and gave you memories.
If this trout head destroys the Final Fantasy name I'll cry.
Also his purple bandanna around his head sort of looks like he admires Locke Cole. If he destroys Locke's name I'll cry even harder, maybe even see if I can meet this trout head in person and whack him one.
OOC: I think I just didn't want us all tarred with the same brush, though you're right that our tabloids are horrendous.
I was thinking that I imagine that to many people over the age of 30, those images probably do look potentially disturbed out of context, as Anima is supposed to. I'd be interested to know what difference the context of those images would have to the appraisal of the ordinary reader.
You're implying that all journalism doesn't treat games like the creationists of axe murderers, car jackers or psychopathic loons?>implying that what The Sun practises is journalism
Seriously, the people at The Onion are in fact better journalists than Sun writers. Much better journalists.
I think you missed the main point there, it doesn't matter who the journalist is. I've never seen an article where a reclusive/deranged/psychopathic person who it is later discovered plays computer games not then have their broken and deranged minds blamed on the gaming. It doesn't matter if it's Final Fantasy, Grand Theft Auto or an FPS of some sort. Games get the rap for most things because it sells papers. "Deranged gamer murders people" it's fear mongering and of the worst kind because it's specifically designed to target parents and the older generation who don't understand computer games. Hopefully in 10 - 15 years when most of us are entering the target audience of papers we'll see less of this crap. However I somehow doubt it. Or it'll be something else new that people don't understand unless they grew up or took time to participate in it to find out more. Look at how metal and rock music have been targeted in similar ways. I don't think it was until Michael Moore (who is a piss poor journalist himself) attempted to make Marylin Manson look like an idiot by asking him to feature in the film he did about the Colombine shootings (I refuse to use the term disaster sorry it was a shooting, it's what happens when a gun can be readily obtained in a nation where ignorance is not considered criminally stupid) Funny how out of all the people, celebrities and politicians he had feature in there the only person who said "I'd not tell them anything, not say anything. I'd listen" was the man he set out to demonize further in the eyes of America.
Again I can essentially refer back to my previous paragraph. Stories like this make me sick and unfortunately there isn't a newspaper in print today in the world I can think of that doesn't do the same piss poor journalism when it comes to Games and Rock Music. Telegraph, Independant, Times and Guardian included. If anything these papers are worse for it because they usually hold themselves to higher standards.I did not mean those, they are good newspapers. I just didn't feel like listing them in my post. I think the point I intended was made.I think readers of the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Independent, and The Times, one of the oldest newspapers in the world, might object to that!What do you do?
I'm a journalism Student, Formalhault.
And yeah, The Sun is a load of trout! As are most of the British dailies.
I can see the newspaper's point, as I think if you showed the man in the street they wouldn't recognise them, though they should really have done more research.
Yeah, no, sensationalistic bulltrout is not journalism, sorry, no matter what the source is. Lots of newspapers publish stuff that simply does not qualify as journalism. The Sun and the Daily Mail are possibly the two most heinous offenders, but they're far from the only ones. A journalist is at least marginally interested in writing the truth. The sensationalism shown by "news stories" like this one shows a wanton disregard for the truth. Calling this bulltrout journalism is an insult to the people who actually practise it.
Not that I ever have, but I would never trust The Sun anymore, or anything from News International. Phone hacking scandal and all that?
lmao the sun
lmao the guardian
Do you still get the Star?
Also I totally regret derailing this thread!
*facepalm*
Although, as Aaron pointed out, this is the Sun we're talking about. That's not much above the Daily Mail, from what I know of British papers.
And I agree with Jiro; the predictable outcry against games would have just been ridiculous had the "journalist" actually done any research. "Final Fantasy causes murders!" Imagine if that sort of logic was applied consistently? "Reading history books causes violence!" "Riding bikes leads to violence!"
The only reason that The Sun are above the Daily Mail is because The Sun have some of the best puns ever.
http://www.australiantimes.co.uk/uk-...-in-london.htm
Last edited by Crop; 11-26-2012 at 01:15 AM.
That link would be a lot more helpful if it weren't asking me to log in with my Facebook account to see all answers, which I refuse to do. Any chance you could post the rest of the puns here?
edit: oh, there's an option to sign up without a Facebook account. Still can't be bothered though; it's too much work to register an account at a site I'll probably never visit again just to read one thread.
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