Wymondham wrote:Bormiar wrote:
I'm not an idiot. I have no reason to believe that you won't just throw it away. The public has no reason not to here about this. I've made this clear before:
You would've preferred if I didn't share this publicly, rather put it in your form? It's amazing how little regard you have for free press until it benefits you
Oh, I am more than fine with you saying it in public Borm, what I am saying is, if you have evidence or stuff for that, shoot it our way so it can be reviewed and, if appropriate actioned, if you have evidence that proves that we are biased towards TWP and Osi then it of course needs to be actioned, I have zero problem with you airing your concerns publicly, quite the opposite actually, what I am saying is that we are always open to improving and want to see if what your saying has merit and can be improved on.
"Skew" does not mean "bias", at least not in my article. The whole point of the article was that the Power20 appears biased due to the obvious greater number of members from regions like TWP and Osiris, but that it's not biased per se because it focuses on a community within gameplay (i.e. the community associated with the NSGP server) that members of regions like TNP and TRR tend to stay out of, while members of regions like Osiris and TWP tend to stay in. Therefore, the Power20 is of little appeal to players from TNP, and it's not going to be of much use to them.
Read the 6th paragraph. I made it very clear that the Power20 isn't biased per se.
Part of the issue with people seeing NST as biased against TNP and TRR is comments like "the meritocratic government, where the most talented nations theoretically rise to power" are never shared about TNP and TRR. Even though he said "theoretically", this still implies that Osiris is better at putting the most talented nations in power than democracies. Or it at least plants the idea in other's head. I don't have a problem with a newspaper being pro-meritocracy, but I'd like them to admit it.
Part of the issue is the Power20's skew. Why didn't you ask McM back to be a judge?
Part of the issue is how atrocious NST is in reporting on events in TRR/TNP. NST can't seem to make an article about either region without getting something simple wrong. NST has written two articles about TRR. In the first, the author claimed that Frattastan "[suffered] an 'expired' term" incorrectly. I don't even know what "each regional officer holds office for a protracted amount of time until their position is automatically up for election" means. Our election system and length of terms is quite normal. In the second article, the author initially described TRT as "now-independent", which makes no sense whatsoever. TRT didn't and doesn't have some government members looking down its back and censoring things (it has actually been frequently criticized for being too bold with its comments). But it's also not as though it's completely separate from the region (the head of TRT is appointed by the delegate and confirmed by the assembly). I don't want to get into a discussion of TRT independence (which frequently leads to libel against TRT), but that's just wrong. I have no problem with Maowi making an honest mistake, but the editor didn't even disclose that they made a correction, which is incredibly suspicious. They just edited it.
Part of the issue is how little respect you've shown for the regions. For example, you didn't ask us permission to do this april fools joke, which featured a bunch of random insults to TRR-- the kind that I don't know where it came from. Satire is supposed to have an element of truth, but I can't think of a scenario where TRT has been known to be "posh" or "looking for drama". Also, using my name to call your organization "truthful, responsible, and reasoned journalism" isn't satire because it's what you actually think about yourselves. It's just irritating. Now, this scenario would be excusable with time had you (yes, you, Wymondham) not edited it so much that the original author (now the Rejected Times' Editor-in-Chief) couldn't even be credited with the article anymore. It's inexcusable that you would put insults to TRT into the mouth of a TRT author.
Many of us are also insulted that NST tried to trick TRT twice into relinquishing all its content to NST in what is ostensibly a "partnership". Many of us are unimpressed by NST trying to stir trouble with Lazarus. Most just dismiss NST as a news source.
I'm not going to use your form, but if you want help, I'm offering to read over your articles on TRR to check for inaccuracies. That way you can't be blamed for issues (which you won't have), and I won't have to see you accidentally misinform others. I'll even write them if you need it. Seems like a pretty good deal to me.
Wymondham wrote:Bormiar wrote:It's known for that within circles that aren't a TWP and Osiris circlejerk, which you don't seem to be a part of. No wonder you wouldn't have heard of it. No wonder you believe that you need more members from Osiris and TWP. If my article is making you aware of that problem, you've only proved the necessity of it. Thanks.
No, I never said your article made you aware of the problem, I never said that was the case so idk where you've pulled that from. The reason I think we need to cover TWP and Osi more is cos I think that historically our coverage,especially of TWP, has historically been lacklustre. I dont see how me saying I think we are lacking in that area equals more staff from TWP and Osi lol
I didn't mean more members from TWP and Osiris within your staff. I thought you were saying that you thought more players from Osiris and TWP belonged on the Power20.
I don't know how its poor coverage of TWP and Osiris at all defends NST. It just makes you look bad that you also cover TWP and Osiris poorly. Most members of TNP and TRR et al. have determined that you can't cover their regions accurately, either. This looks pretty bad for you. :/