Comments on: Best newspaper cover ever? http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/ Living Life. Running a Startup. Loving Technology. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:25:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: grantbrewer.com http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-2255 grantbrewer.com Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:59:27 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-2255 <strong>The Independent's Rugby World Cup front page...</strong><br><br>Justin Hartman got it right when he praised the cover of The Independent newspaper in the UK on the eve of the Rugby World Cup final between South Africa and England. It takes a very smart copywriter to think come up with the idea, and brave editor to ... The Independent's Rugby World Cup front page…

Justin Hartman got it right when he praised the cover of The Independent newspaper in the UK on the eve of the Rugby World Cup final between South Africa and England. It takes a very smart copywriter to think come up with the idea, and brave editor to …

]]> By: grantbrewer.com http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-857 grantbrewer.com Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:59:27 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-857 <strong>The Independent's Rugby World Cup front page...</strong> Justin Hartman got it right when he praised the cover of The Independent newspaper in the UK on the eve of the Rugby World Cup final between South Africa and England. It takes a very smart copywriter to think come up with the idea, and brave editor to ... The Independent’s Rugby World Cup front page…

Justin Hartman got it right when he praised the cover of The Independent newspaper in the UK on the eve of the Rugby World Cup final between South Africa and England. It takes a very smart copywriter to think come up with the idea, and brave editor to …

]]> By: Justin Hartman http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-2254 Justin Hartman Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:43:06 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-2254 TheLeoAfricanus I don't really understand the point you're trying to make. Can you please elaborate a little for us? TheLeoAfricanus I don't really understand the point you're trying to make. Can you please elaborate a little for us?

]]> By: Justin Hartman http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Justin Hartman Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:43:06 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-828 TheLeoAfricanus I don't really understand the point you're trying to make. Can you please elaborate a little for us? TheLeoAfricanus I don’t really understand the point you’re trying to make. Can you please elaborate a little for us?

]]> By: TheLeoAfricanus http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-2253 TheLeoAfricanus Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:26:59 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-2253 How Justin can twist the Independent's wordplay to support a very reactionary and conservative view on change (even if you have problems with how that change is happening) in South Africa is kind of mind-blogging. How Justin can twist the Independent's wordplay to support a very reactionary and conservative view on change (even if you have problems with how that change is happening) in South Africa is kind of mind-blogging.

]]> By: jcbrand http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-2252 jcbrand Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:03:10 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-2252 @alleman<br><br>The song they sing is 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' @alleman

The song they sing is 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot'

]]> By: Mark http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-2251 Mark Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:24:23 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-2251 Very very clever, can't believe i didn't see this newspaper here in London. Very very clever, can't believe i didn't see this newspaper here in London.

]]> By: TheLeoAfricanus http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-827 TheLeoAfricanus Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:26:59 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-827 How Justin can twist the Independent's wordplay to support a very reactionary and conservative view on change (even if you have problems with how that change is happening) in South Africa is kind of mind-blogging. How Justin can twist the Independent’s wordplay to support a very reactionary and conservative view on change (even if you have problems with how that change is happening) in South Africa is kind of mind-blogging.

]]> By: jcbrand http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-825 jcbrand Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:03:10 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-825 @alleman The song they sing is 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' @alleman

The song they sing is ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’

]]> By: Mark http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-823 Mark Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:24:23 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-823 Very very clever, can't believe i didn't see this newspaper here in London. Very very clever, can’t believe i didn’t see this newspaper here in London.

]]> By: alleman http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-2250 alleman Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:21:10 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-2250 After Blair, Brown was the most powerful man in the cabinet that approved war against Iraq - he was not opposed to the war.<br>Transformation is really a word to be used when you mean something a different order of magnitude to mere 'change' or 'reform'. After Blair, Brown was the most powerful man in the cabinet that approved war against Iraq – he was not opposed to the war.
Transformation is really a word to be used when you mean something a different order of magnitude to mere 'change' or 'reform'.

]]> By: Nic http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-2249 Nic Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:13:25 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-2249 No it's not, at all alleman. Blair represents all that has happened in the past four years with the war on "terrorism" and alliance with the lovely and articulate Bush administration and much strife for his administration. <br><br>His end marks a new era in leadership and many changes to come. It is major. No it's not, at all alleman. Blair represents all that has happened in the past four years with the war on “terrorism” and alliance with the lovely and articulate Bush administration and much strife for his administration.

His end marks a new era in leadership and many changes to come. It is major.

]]> By: alleman http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-2248 alleman Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:19:04 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-2248 Thanks - interesting about Swing Low. <br>But I have to say that to call the transition from Blair to Brown as "a major political transformation" is utterly ridiculous. Thanks – interesting about Swing Low.
But I have to say that to call the transition from Blair to Brown as “a major political transformation” is utterly ridiculous.

]]> By: Jeremy http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-2247 Jeremy Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:16:36 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-2247 Interesting. I wrote a very similar paragraph in my blog post (<a href="http://www.trashmedia.co.za/2007/10/22/it-wasnt-a-try-you-sour-poms/">http://www.trashmedia.co.za/2007/10/22/it-wasnt...</a>) almost immediately after we won the Cup. Perhaps it was an obvious route to follow... Interesting. I wrote a very similar paragraph in my blog post (http://www.trashmedia.co.za/2007/10/22/it-wasnt…) almost immediately after we won the Cup. Perhaps it was an obvious route to follow…

]]> By: Justin Hartman http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-2246 Justin Hartman Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:11:17 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-2246 alleman the political change is the new prime minister and the song is Swing Low. It was originally a slave-song written more than 150 years ago. alleman the political change is the new prime minister and the song is Swing Low. It was originally a slave-song written more than 150 years ago.

]]> By: alleman http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-2245 alleman Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:54:52 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-2245 What major politcal transformation happened in England recently, and what is the black struggle song they sing? What major politcal transformation happened in England recently, and what is the black struggle song they sing?

]]> By: Ray H http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-2244 Ray H Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:14:38 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-2244 Brilliant! What a way to make a point! Brilliant! What a way to make a point!

]]> By: Simone Puterman http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-2243 Simone Puterman Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:59:22 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-2243 The colour scheme is very interesting... The colour scheme is very interesting…

]]> By: Nic http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-2242 Nic Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:14:04 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-2242 Brilliance, sheer, utter, brilliance. I love that a British paper took such a bold move. Very gutsy. Brilliance, sheer, utter, brilliance. I love that a British paper took such a bold move. Very gutsy.

]]> By: alleman http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-820 alleman Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:21:10 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2007/10/30/best-newspaper-cover-ever/#comment-820 After Blair, Brown was the most powerful man in the cabinet that approved war against Iraq - he was not opposed to the war. Transformation is really a word to be used when you mean something a different order of magnitude to mere 'change' or 'reform'. After Blair, Brown was the most powerful man in the cabinet that approved war against Iraq – he was not opposed to the war.
Transformation is really a word to be used when you mean something a different order of magnitude to mere ‘change’ or ‘reform’.

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