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Tag Archives: writing

The writer in the arena of public opinion

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Posted on 12 June 2014 by Raymond Steyn
The writer in the arena

Published author, Raymond Steyn, casts some philosophical perspective on the criticism that writers have to endure in reviews of their work. You are judged, rated and reviewed no matter what your job description is. Why not accept that the same holds true for the writing profession? » Read more »

Posted in Short Cuts | Tagged criticism, writing

Caveat lector – the subversion of quality writing is dumbing us down

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Posted on 30 July 2013 by Marc Steyn
Caveat Lector

Readers do not realise how the average quality of the content they are consuming have been degraded to such an extent that they themselves are being dumbed down. The sad truth is that 99% of what you read has been syndicated, regurgitated, summarised, cannibalised, plagiarised and fuckerised. » Read more »

Posted in Short Cuts | Tagged illiteracy, media, reading, writing

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