What Really Counts Is Who Won or Lost

In Richard Hoffer’s article about Penn State’s 14-10 win over Miami in the Fiesta Bowl, Hoffer waited 144 words before he would tell us who won the game.

I suppose most sportswriters today prefer to indulge in what they consider priceless prose, rather than telling us who won or lost. But yours is a morning paper, not everybody could watch the game on TV, and the writer doesn’t know that the headline writer will include the score in his headline.

You have a need for both writers and editors to get to back to some basics of journalism. At least spare us disgruntled complaints from people like Hoffer who didn’t like the game before they tell us who won.

JOHN PINKERMAN

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