How many journalists does it take to turn The Times into yellow press?
I was sipping my morning latte while looking through the daily news feeds when I stumbled upon a news article about some Russian canine event, published in The Times by some Roger Boyes. As I continued reading, I was getting increasingly disturbed by the content and the tone of the article. The author was presenting his observations of the “Russia-2008” dog show, using them to portray for his British audience an insulting fictitious image of supposed severe cultural degradation of Russia. Provocative and often false statements were flowing abundantly one after the other. Such writing style is not unusual for the yellow press in any country, but one would naturally expect the newspapers like The Times to follow higher standards in journalism. That said, it’s not Mr. Boyes’ political statements or rude journalistic tricks that I would like to debunk here, but his ignorant observations about Russian breeders and dog owners. With this post I hope to make it a little harder for Mr. Boyes to
I was sipping my morning latte while looking through the daily news feeds when I stumbled upon a news article about some Russian canine event, published in The Times by some Roger Boyes. As I continued reading, I was getting increasingly disturbed by the content and the tone of the article. The author was presenting his observations of the “Russia-2008” dog show, using them to portray for his British audience an insulting fictitious image of supposed severe cultural degradation of Russia. Provocative and often false statements were flowing abundantly one after the other. Such writing style is not unusual for the yellow press in any country, but one would naturally expect the newspapers like The Times to follow higher standards in journalism. That said, it’s not Mr. Boyes’ political statements or rude journalistic tricks that I would like to debunk here, but his ignorant observations about Russian breeders and dog owners. With this post I hope to make it a little harder for Mr. Boyes to
