U.S. newspaper writting style hard to follow.
May 26th 2011, 12:54 pm
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May 26th 2011, 1:35 pm
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Re: U.S. newspaper writting style hard to follow.
I've been promoting Mr. Wernick's twice weekly column on these forums for well over 8 years. He is the head of the law department of New York College and started the Immigration Certification program for those that wish to assist immigrants legally with their immigration questions, paperwork, etc. I've attended two of his four classes before dropping out.
I find the "quality" press here incredibly dull. Turgid, ponderous writing. The NY Times is especially up its own fundament: like the Independent on steroids. I came across a copy of the NY Daily News the other day though and was impressed: a lot better than the UK tabloids and it even had an advice column for new immigrants - it'll be a cold day in hell before you see that in a British tabloid.
And yes the cont. page 94 tendency is supremely annoying!
And yes the cont. page 94 tendency is supremely annoying!
May 26th 2011, 1:36 pm
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Re: U.S. newspaper writting style hard to follow.
When we first moved here we found the world news on broadcast TV stations difficult to get used to. Only snippets of information were reported...it didn't go into much detail. Now when we go back to the UK we find the news reports very long winded...to the point of boredom in many cases.
May 26th 2011, 2:10 pm
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Re: U.S. newspaper writting style hard to follow.
May 26th 2011, 6:49 pm
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Re: U.S. newspaper writting style hard to follow.
Or it is in section C, and you have to work out which section is section C, maybe business, or property, or "living"...
May 27th 2011, 5:10 am
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May 31st 2011, 3:31 pm
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Re: U.S. newspaper writting style hard to follow.
When we first moved here we found the world news on broadcast TV stations difficult to get used to. Only snippets of information were reported...it didn't go into much detail. Now when we go back to the UK we find the news reports very long winded...to the point of boredom in many cases.
90 Seconds? You're a 24 hour news station. It's not like you don't have the time, FFS...
