Thursday, January 27, 2011

Quote, unquote: the difference between readers' knowledge and intelligence

The classic error in journalism is to overestimate what the reader knows and underestimate the reader's intelligence.
-- Tim Radford, a Guardian columnist, from his "25 commandments for journalists". (H/T David Olive, Everybody's Business, Toronto Star)

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