--- On Thu, 13/5/10, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Thaths <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [silk] Writing with the pack > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 13 May, 2010, 22:39 > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:43 AM, > Pranesh Prakash > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Thursday 13 May 2010 09:43 PM, Thaths wrote: > >> http://beta.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article428165.ece > >> Would you call that a fair/unbiased review of a > restaurant? I can list > >> many such infractions in reviews of shopping > malls, theaters, > >> restaurants, jewelery stores, etc. > > > > A fair/unbiased review of that restaurant? Why not? > Not every beat > > reporter has high standards and a press release > forming the major part > > of a report is not unheard of. > > 1. What makes you suspect unfairness/bias? > > Because, according to the review, there was not one thing > that the > reviewer did not like about the restaurant. > > > 2. Point out *any* newspaper *anywhere* in the world > with a > > city-focussed supplement, and I will point out at > least one such article > > in that supplement. > > I was tempted to pull a couple of reviews from the NYT. But > knowing > that that would open me up for allegations of elitism and > "yes... but > what about *ordinary* newspapers", I picked > > http://www.mountainview.net/dining/petit.html > > "The wine list is one sticking point: The bistro could use > a better > selection, with a couple of more moderately priced > California > vintages." > > ... > > "The latter, a hefty slab of smooth and musky pâté, was > haloed in > crushed pistachios and napped on a bed of butter lettuce > among cabbage > pillows and crunchy gherkins. It was good, but, alas, > pistachio proved > to be a two-edged blade: A little is divine, a lot is > disastrous. > Needless to say, the pistachio oil overpowered the duck > liver." > > > It is not 'biased' but (perhaps) shoddy. There is a > world of a > > difference. And why would you expect > though-provoking food criticism > > from any city supplement? > > Perhaps it is shoddy rather than biased. My problem is that > there is > not even a semblance of objectivity. > > Thaths > -- > "Lisa, Vampires are make-believe, like > elves, gremlins, and Eskimos." > > -- Homer J. Simpson > Sudhakar Chandra > > Slacker Without Borders > > I forgot to add: it was in fact the Metro Plus section, in both Sandhya's and Hemangini's cases.
