Jim Clark on Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/fromthearc...187599,00.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

"alex martini" > wrote in message
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> http://www.guardian.co.uk/fromthearc...187599,00.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

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.
"rms" > wrote in message
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> 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...

"Tiny Lund" > wrote in message
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>
> "alex martini" > wrote in message
> ...
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/fromthearc...187599,00.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...

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

"rms" > wrote in message
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> Gotta say it seems a very dry, emotionless account.

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


"alex martini" > wrote in message
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> http://www.guardian.co.uk/fromthearc...187599,00.html
> Since Hockenheim is so much in the news these days (surprised it didn't
make
> it here, those German pics ...).
>
>

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---

Bruce Kennewell wrote:
> 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
>
> "rms" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Gotta say it seems a very dry, emotionless account.
>
>
>

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...


Rudeboy wrote:
> 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
>
>
> "alex martini" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
http://www.guardian.co.uk/fromthearc...187599,00.html
> > Since Hockenheim is so much in the news these days (surprised it
didn't
> make
> > it here, those German pics ...).
> >
> >