Tribune: Is 'Grand Theft Auto IV' the greatest writing of the century?

[Words Of Wisdom]

theRepublic said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

I talk to roughly 20 of them daily.  I bet that's more than the number of newspapers you read daily.

In the end, it just seemed pretty ignorant of you to call a lot of people you've likely never even met morons.

Take a look at this article for instance.  All it really consists of is a basic overview of GTAIV, some sales figures, a bit of information on the company that created the game, and a sensationalist title.  In fact, there's very little in the article even related to the headline at all.  It's a pretty normal article all things considered but with the headline, it has managed to suck in a variety of readers and get copy/pasted on several websites.

Whether or not you like the title or even the article contents, the author has successfully managed to get hundreds of people who don't even normally read the Tribune to read his article.  I can think of many adjectives for it, but moronic is not one of them.

A few points:

--You seem to be arguing that sensationalist journalism is a good thing.  That's dangerous territory, my friend.

--According to Godot, the basic background information in this article is wrong anyway. (see below)

What makes you think I'm arguing it's a good thing?