G'day Sarah,
On 5/24/06, Mark Gallagher m.g.gallagher@student.canberra.edu.au wrote:
It isn't relevant enough to be put in the first line. If at all it has to be brought up, it should be added in a way that makes it seem insignificant.
I disagree. If it has to be brought up, it should be introduced in a way that shows it's very significant indeed. Because if we can't honestly say it's relevant, we should not be saying it at all.
The reason [[Abu Hamza al-Masri]] raised it during his trial in the UK was as evidence that the British Foreign Office and media is controlled by Jews. Why did he believe this? Because Harold Shipman's Jewish background wasn't mentioned by the media during coverage of Shipman's murders. Ergo, Jews are in control. That either (a) Shipman didn't have a Jewish background or (b) he did but the media rightly dismissed it as irrelevant, is not entertained. For Abu Hamza al-Masri and his namesake on this mailing list, there's no such thing as editorial judgment. There are only Jewish conspiracies.
Ahh, but, as someone pointed out in another thread, using editorial judgment is tantamount to letting the Chinese dictate to us what we must publish. Are you going to let the Commies win, Sarah? That's not like you at all!
(I figure I'm allowed at least one troll post, since so many other posters have taken liberties ...)