There have been articles speculating that the PS3 will be backwards compatible with PS2 games but not with PS1 games, so I guess it's not as much of a given as you think. Just do a google search for PS3 backwards compatible and you should get the news articles I am talking about.
What are you talking about? The last sentence of the summary occurs nowhere in the Times article. The submitter threw that piece of flamebait into the summary, not the New York Times.
The person submitting the article is serving as a journalist and making the type of conclusion that he makes with the last line of the summary is not being a good journalist. Good journalism teaches that one should present the facts and allow the reader to draw the conclusions. At best, the summary is the type of writing that should go in an opinion piece.
These guys? Are you referring to the editors? If you are, the editors are known for adding short blurbs to the end of an article write-up which is usually just trolling. The editors honestly believe they are better than most everyone who posts on Slashdot - look at how they treat people who challenge the way things are done. People are modded off-topic and their past comments are also bitchslapped into oblivion. The editors carry vendettas and hate to see anyone voice an opinion that is contrary to what they think.
And as far as submitting stories goes - I think you missed the point. Anyone could have submitted this story without the flamebait tacked on the end but the editors are going to choose the one to post that has that flamebait. There is no way to be part of the solution by submitting stories because ultimately, the editors are just going to ignore the voices of anyone who actually uses some decent journalism techniques.
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Well, EB will let you exchange a game if you find that it isn't any good - which is quite an acceptable policy.
There have been articles speculating that the PS3 will be backwards compatible with PS2 games but not with PS1 games, so I guess it's not as much of a given as you think. Just do a google search for PS3 backwards compatible and you should get the news articles I am talking about.
The person submitting the article is serving as a journalist and making the type of conclusion that he makes with the last line of the summary is not being a good journalist. Good journalism teaches that one should present the facts and allow the reader to draw the conclusions. At best, the summary is the type of writing that should go in an opinion piece.
And as far as submitting stories goes - I think you missed the point. Anyone could have submitted this story without the flamebait tacked on the end but the editors are going to choose the one to post that has that flamebait. There is no way to be part of the solution by submitting stories because ultimately, the editors are just going to ignore the voices of anyone who actually uses some decent journalism techniques.
Calling people's comments worthless? That's nice.
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