Comments on: Government needs to invest in the credibility of the press http://journalism.sg/2008/02/02/government-needs-to-invest-in-the-credibility-of-the-press/ About journalism in Singapore Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:58:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Agnes http://journalism.sg/2008/02/02/government-needs-to-invest-in-the-credibility-of-the-press/comment-page-1/#comment-2155 Agnes Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:42:30 +0000 http://journalism.sg/2008/02/02/government-needs-to-invest-in-the-credibility-of-the-press/#comment-2155 <p>I would characterize the 2nd version as a lie, not just spin. The phrase "S'pore adds record number of jobs in 2007, a third filled by foreigners" is not ambiguous. The meaning is quite clear - one third of the jobs added by Singapore in 2007 went to foreigners, and this is not true. There is just no other way to interpret it. Saying that they meant one third of all jobs (not just those in 2007) is equivalent to saying that they are incompetent in the correct usage of English, and that is simply not the case. Spin would have been, "S'pore adds record number of jobs in 2007, foreigners now fill one-third". The use of the past tense "filled" in their statement implies a specific time frame, and goes beyond spinned ambiguity.</p> I would characterize the 2nd version as a lie, not just spin. The phrase "S'pore adds record number of jobs in 2007, a third filled by foreigners" is not ambiguous. The meaning is quite clear – one third of the jobs added by Singapore in 2007 went to foreigners, and this is not true. There is just no other way to interpret it. Saying that they meant one third of all jobs (not just those in 2007) is equivalent to saying that they are incompetent in the correct usage of English, and that is simply not the case. Spin would have been, "S'pore adds record number of jobs in 2007, foreigners now fill one-third". The use of the past tense "filled" in their statement implies a specific time frame, and goes beyond spinned ambiguity.

]]> By: Istanologist http://journalism.sg/2008/02/02/government-needs-to-invest-in-the-credibility-of-the-press/comment-page-1/#comment-2130 Istanologist Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:12:09 +0000 http://journalism.sg/2008/02/02/government-needs-to-invest-in-the-credibility-of-the-press/#comment-2130 <p>Talk of the devil ....</p> <p>http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2008/02/er-so-was-it-6.html</p> Talk of the devil ….

http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2008/02/er-so-was-it-6.html

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