Posted by
Michael on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 11:24:35 PM
I'm going to take a page from
Scatbug's book and critique a news report. This one is
a report by Neil Midgley, for the Telegraph, a well known British newspaper. It's very intriguing, and describes what has been found coming out of Adolf Hitler's mouth on silent films, using modern computer technology that is able to "read lips."
The article surprised me here, however:
Film shot towards the end of the
war shows Hitler complaining about tremors in his arm, giving more
credence to the theory that he was suffering from Parkinson's Disease.
What
also becomes clear is that Hitler did not hold back from criticising
his inner circle. He is scathing about Himmler's enthusiasm for
archaeological digs to establish the origins of the Aryan race but
reserved his bitchiest remark for Goering.
Now, I'm not saying I have a problem with it because
it's bad language, which it is, but because it's just a bit bizarre and
kind of messes up the flow of the entire article. Since when did "bitchiest" turn up in the AP Stylebook?