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Originally Posted by Paul
Now that's a lesson in how to write well. Bascombe take note.
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With all due respect Paul - as if a reporter for the Liverpool Echo can write in the same way as a Telegraph reporter.
They are two completely different styles aimed at two greatly different audiences. In fact in terms of tradition, politics and social class models, they're about as far away from each other on the spectrum as you can possibly get.
Both reports would look out of place in the other paper. The telegraph readers want to be entertained by words and lyrical writing. The echo readers want punchy and simple with an injection of wit and humour.
I'm sure Henry Winter and Chris Bascombe could write each other's report without too much of a problem. It's a skill you learn along the way as a journalist and there's an art to doing both of them well.
At uni I had this really eloquent writing style, but that's gradually being knocked out of me as pretty much all the stuff I do these days is for the red tops.
I'll tell you what mate, it's fucking harder than you think gaining a style like that and it's something i've struggled with quite a lot.
The amount of times I've been bollocked for using "complicated" words even that a 3 year old kid can easily digest in the space of the last 6 months...
To compare the two styles as one being better than the other is like comparing bread and water. One is a food, one is a drink, it can't be done.
I know you're quite eloquent yourself paul but to frown on someone, with nostrils flared, for using the perfect style for his audience is a bit silly to be honest.