Charles Matthews wrote:
Jay JG wrote
In current affairs it is
far from useless (cf. The Economist); we
can't use the Economist's style
book unrevised, but there is a lot in having it crisp and articulate.
I'm a BIG fan of The Economist's incredibly tight writing style,
though they
happily put in POVs and unsupported evaluations (though that's fine
for what
they do rather than what we do). I consciously emulate their tightness
when
writing for Wikipedia.
What this proves is that we are talking about two mutually independent
characteristics.
Ec