New vs Vintage
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:22:35 -0700, bob wrote
(in article ):
On Mar 28, 6:50=A0am, "C. Leeds" wrote:
Did you employ this hyperbolic "device" when you worked as an equipment
reviewer?
Don't they all? :-)
bob
It's pretty much de-riguer.
Any reviewer worth his salt, knows that what he is writing is ENTERTAINMENT,
first and foremost. If his writing style doesn't engage the reader, then the
reader won't read his stuff. Of course, it's nice if one's reviews also
convey useful information and even better if it causes the reader to add the
component that the writer just reviewed to his short-list of components to
consider. But the overwhelming requirement remains entertainment.
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