http://www.RexBlog.com/2008/07/27/17823?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-a-reporters-story-appears-online-is-the-reporter-really-reporting Rex Hammock's Blog Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.RexBlog.com/2008/07/27/17823/comment-page-1#comment-284096 Lisa R Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:32:28 +0000 http://www.RexBlog.com/?p=17823#comment-284096 And on that infamous other hand, I once read that "reading" which is related to one's job or to school or any educational course is not considered "reading" when major reports are done which supposedly track the nation's literary engagement. Which might explain why we hear that sales of books keep going up, and at the same time the authoritative studies and reports and surveys keep telling us that no one is reading anymore. Sheesh. Wonder if the NYTimes editors "read" that story on screen as they edited it? Does it really count as editing if they did it that way? And on that infamous other hand, I once read that “reading” which is related to one’s job or to school or any educational course is not considered “reading” when major reports are done which supposedly track the nation’s literary engagement.
Which might explain why we hear that sales of books keep going up, and at the same time the authoritative studies and reports and surveys keep telling us that no one is reading anymore.
Sheesh.
Wonder if the NYTimes editors “read” that story on screen as they edited it? Does it really count as editing if they did it that way?

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