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Game Forum / Simulators / Car Simulators / April 2005Jim Clark on Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/fromthearchive/story/0,12269,1187599,00.html Since Hockenheim is so much in the news these days (surprised it didn't make it here, those German pics ...). Gotta say it seems a very dry, emotionless account. rms Yes, I felt the same; strange, how times have changed and what we regard as standard journalism has become what would then have been seen as sensationalist. > Gotta say it seems a very dry, emotionless account. > > rms >Gotta say it seems a very dry, emotionless account Probably pretty standard for the era, driver deaths were a fairly regular event. If it was some unknown rookie it probably wouldn't have made the national papers... Not really; it's from a time when reporters actually *reported* and didn't garnish their essays with emotive outpourings, personal opinions or the use of indiscriminate adjectives. How pleasant it would be to see such habits reintroduced. Bruce > Gotta say it seems a very dry, emotionless account. I agree completely, Bruce. The alleged goal of "objectivity" of the press has been watered down into oblivion. It is also interesting to see how a totally neutral text speaks to you between the lines ("... (he) was evidently unhappy, according to a race official") and carries it's own set of emotions. ---A--- > Not really; it's from a time when reporters actually *reported* and didn't > garnish their essays with emotive outpourings, personal opinions or the use [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >>Gotta say it seems a very dry, emotionless account. Asgeir, if that line was being typed today by a so-called journalist, it would read "...Clark was not happy." It would read as a statement of fact, implying that the journo had the information direct from Clark before the race began. There would be no mention at all that it was observed by a race official that Clark appeared to be unhappy. There-in lies the difference, I think, between objective (then) and subjective (now) reporting. All the best to you. Bruce > It is also interesting to see how a totally neutral text speaks to you between > the lines ("... (he) was evidently unhappy, according to a race official") and > carries it's own set of emotions. > http://www.guardian.co.uk/fromthearchive/story/0,12269,1187599,00.html > Since Hockenheim is so much in the news these days (surprised it didn't > make it here, those German pics ...). Can't forget the picture of the crash :-( http://eis.net.au/~bramwell/hockenheimcrash.htm >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/fromthearchive/story/0,12269,1187599,00.html >> Since Hockenheim is so much in the news these days (surprised it didn't >> make it here, those German pics ...). > > Can't forget the picture of the crash :-( > http://eis.net.au/~bramwell/hockenheimcrash.htm Very good picture. All the more poignant that there's a car racing past in the background... Jeez, I was always told nobody say what happened. Just suddenly he wasn't back in the stadium section when expected and they then searched and found the wrekage. So nobody ever knew what happened. An other myth busted. Although, I guess Senna died a few feet in front of Schumacher, live on TV and still nobdy knows what happened. Rudeboy > http://www.guardian.co.uk/fromthearchive/story/0,12269,1187599,00.html > Since Hockenheim is so much in the news these days (surprised it didn't make > it here, those German pics ...). It's just a picture of the wreckage. How does that contradict the "myth" that nobody saw what happened? That picture may have been taken minutes or hours after the actual crash... > Jeez, I was always told nobody say what happened. Just suddenly he wasn't > back in the stadium section when expected and they then searched and found [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Rudeboy http://www.guardian.co.uk/fromthearchive/story/0,12269,1187599,00.html > > Since Hockenheim is so much in the news these days (surprised it didn't > make > > it here, those German pics ...). > It's just a picture of the wreckage. How does that contradict the > "myth" that nobody saw what happened? That picture may have been taken > minutes or hours after the actual crash... Not the picture. The story talks about a Policeman and a competitor behind him seeing the leadup to and the actual accident. |
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