XPost: misc.writing, misc.education, alt.journalism   
   From: longhornster@gmail.com   
      
   Shazam! No reason, it's just magic. So Rosco  said:   
      
   >Ivor Longhorn wrote:   
   >  >> Content knowledge without writing ability won't get you far as an   
   >editor   
   >>> or writer.   
   >>   
   >> Bullshit. "Why I lied my way into the war on Iraq" would be a   
   >> bestseller if Mr Bush ever "wrote" it.   
   >   
   >Sure, but he wouldn't write it...   
   >   
   >If you mean that famous people can write books that sell - sure, no   
   >doubt about it.  What about the workaday writer like the technical   
   >writer in the original post?  Without writing ability he won't last long.   
      
   No, but there are plenty of areas where content knowledge is all.   
   Journos don't have to be able to write, only get the story. Analysts   
   in finance, ditto. Etc etc.   
      
      
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