G'day Matt,
As Skyring also mentions, is there any logical
reason why fiction
articles should have spoiler warnings but e.g. sports articles should
not? If I haven't seen the game yet, it's my responsibility not to go
reading things that might tell me the score; if I haven't read the
book, likewise.
I quite like this question, too (oh, and welcome back, Pete).
Why *don't* we have spoiler warnings in sports articles?
Is it because the editors on sports articles don't bring the whole
fanboy culture along with them?
We have had spoiler warnings on TV regarding the announcement of sports
scores. Generally it is when the station broadcasting the event is time
shifting, because the original event took place overseas in the middle
of the night, or they were pre-occupied with another conflicting event.
These spoiler warnings are almost invariably applicable for periods less
than 24 hours.
Ec