August 31, 2008
A Reuters reporter saw...
Here's an interesting example of journalistic style from a story on today's court appearance of five men accused of murdering U.S. aid worker John Granville.
All five men wore beards and traditional white gowns, and a Reuters reporter at the court saw two of them spit in the faces of two Western women journalists before walking into the building with iron shackles on their ankles.
It would have been more informative but less journalistic to say:
All five men wore beards and traditional white gowns, and I saw two of them spit in the faces of my wife and a friend before walking into the building with iron shackles on their ankles.
Posted by aheavens at August 31, 2008 5:32 PM
Comments
Charming. Must make it hard to retain a fair attitude toward them.
And then there's this:
'The prosecution said the five men were religious extremists who had been misled by "Satan" into thinking their attack was in line with the teaching of the Koran...'
Just another day at the office.
Posted by: ash-shakkak at August 31, 2008 7:11 PM
but would it be true? did they spit in the reporters wifes face?
Posted by: tines at September 2, 2008 1:37 AM