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Posted July 11, 2011 01:25 · last edited March 18, 2021 07:33

rjmiller wrote:
The Dave Burgess article was just stating facts and giving quotes. It didn't express the writers opinion at all.[/QUOTE]

Nonsense. I quote:

[quote=Burgess]The sale of Terry Serepisos' flagship Century City Hotel and adjacent car park building to local investor Mark Dunajtschik has raised alarm bells over the future of football club Wellington Phoenix.


"Ŕaised alarm bells"? This is not backed up in the text by anything apart from John Morrison having "concern for the club's future" (although never stating what is concerning about Terry clearing debts). Honest, stating-facts reporting would have said "Cr John Morrison has raised concern over the future of the Phoenix". Instead, Burgess uses the passive voice to suggest a broader and more objective "cause for concern" (something they actually teach you not to do at journalism school).

Burgess doesn't explicitly give his own opinion, but his framing of facts is clearly designed to squeeze the most FUD possible out of the story. And Morrison's participation in the article, combined with his Giltrap scare story of a few weeks ago, suggest that they're working together.
Doloras2011-07-11 13:25:48

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rjmiller wrote:
The Dave Burgess article was just stating facts and giving quotes. It didn't express the writers opinion at all.[/QUOTE]

Nonsense. I quote:

[quote=Burgess]The sale of Terry Serepisos' flagship Century City Hotel and adjacent car park building to local investor Mark Dunajtschik has raised alarm bells over the future of football club Wellington Phoenix.


"Ŕaised alarm bells"? This is not backed up in the text by anything apart from John Morrison having "concern for the club's future" (although never stating what is concerning about Terry clearing debts). Honest, stating-facts reporting would have said "Cr John Morrison has raised concern over the future of the Phoenix". Instead, Burgess uses the passive voice to suggest a broader and more objective "cause for concern" (something they actually teach you not to do at journalism school).

Burgess doesn't explicitly give his own opinion, but his framing of facts is clearly designed to squeeze the most FUD possible out of the story. And Morrison's participation in the article, combined with his Giltrap scare story of a few weeks ago, suggest that they're working together.
Doloras2011-07-11 13:25:48