[Sigia-l] IAs in Wall Street Journal

[Boniface Lau]

> From: Listera
>  
> Or be amused by how the entire discussion misses the point or
> disingenuously reframes the problem: deeply held political
> convictions are not changed because of pretty fonts and a dash of
> color on a piece of paper.

Indeed! Towards the tail end of the WSJ article,

http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB108362377214900784,00.html

WSJ> In highlighting information, Mr. Storey's redesign "shifts
WSJ> responsibility -- and, moreover, accountability -- for
WSJ> interpretation to the analyst or advisor who prepares the brief." 
WSJ>
WSJ> Mr. Tufte agrees. He says he would leave the PDB as is: "It
WSJ> wasn't PowerPoint, thank heavens. It was written with complete
WSJ> sentences, subjects, objects, verbs. I think the design's
WSJ> irrelevant." 


Boniface