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BreakingNews.ie Stories - Why do they do this?

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  • #2
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭[-0-]


    Here's another:

    http://breakingnews.ie/showbiz/bieber-unveils-new-inking-600867.html
    The 'Never Say Never' singer

    Retarded!


  • #3
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭Wossack


    helps to flesh out an otherwise trivial 10 word sentence



    will anyone spot it?


  • #4
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    It's called

    'Page Filling'


  • #5
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I'm sure there's a specific term for it, but it's a method of relaying biographical information through the content of the article, rather than as a footnote or whatever.

    So you can write your article where every sentence starts with "Mr Pacino said", "Mr Pacino was seen..." and then finish with five lines about Al Pacino, or you can start all your sentences like, "The Oscar-winning heartthrob said", "The 60-year-old actor was seen...." and do away with the five lines at the end.

    So by the end, not only do you know what the actual story was about, but you also have relevant biographical information.

    In the battle for column space, anything which makes an article concise without being less descriptive is the goal.


  • #6
    Mason Storm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭Mason Storm


    Everyone does it.


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  • #7
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    seamus wrote: »
    I'm sure there's a specific term for it, but it's a method of relaying biographical information through the content of the article, rather than as a footnote or whatever.

    So you can write your article where every sentence starts with "Mr Pacino said", "Mr Pacino was seen..." and then finish with five lines about Al Pacino, or you can start all your sentences like, "The Oscar-winning heartthrob said", "The 60-year-old actor was seen...." and do away with the five lines at the end.

    So by the end, not only do you know what the actual story was about, but you also have relevant biographical information.

    In the battle for column space, anything which makes an article concise without being less descriptive is the goal.

    Cheers seamus!

    It's a horrible style of writing. Drives me bananas. Surely I'm not the only one! :pac:


  • #8
    GoodBridge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭GoodBridge


    Mason Storm wrote: »
    Everyone does it.

    Confirmed the 46-time poster, Mason Storm.


  • #9
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    seamus wrote: »
    I'm sure there's a specific term for it, but it's a method of relaying biographical information through the content of the article, rather than as a footnote or whatever.

    So you can write your article where every sentence starts with "Mr Pacino said", "Mr Pacino was seen..." and then finish with five lines about Al Pacino, or you can start all your sentences like, "The Oscar-winning heartthrob said", "The 60-year-old actor was seen...." and do away with the five lines at the end.

    So by the end, not only do you know what the actual story was about, but you also have relevant biographical information.

    In the battle for column space, anything which makes an article concise without being less descriptive is the goal.
    Breakingnews.ie aren't exactly guilty of uploading wall of text style articles, in fairness. It's more of a case that they've remembered being taught in first year English not to use the same descriptive words in successive sentences, and apply it rigorously.


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