You know the press of your country is f**d up...
when a famous journalist blames Tolkien of being a moneygrabber for "writing the Hobbit books after the success of The Lord of the Ring".
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Can you give the source? I prefer to develop cancer directly from the source.
Reminds me of when a journalist for Fox (I think) claimed "The Dark Knight Rises" is a democrat brainwash movie because the villain Bane is named like Boehner so people hate the speaker of the house.
Meanwhile Bane has existed for 20+ years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a fantasy novel and children's book by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published on 21 September 1937
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work.
LOL What?
Well, that's not as bad as a school firing someone for writing a blog about homophones, stating that they didn't want the school associated with "gay sex".
EDIT: Then again...I suppose that's just the state of the educational system, not the press...
I can't read today apparently.
Now hes the one making stuff up just for easy money, oh the irony
While no fault of your own I'm pretty sure this just ruined my day...
Reminds me of Anne Coulter's article about how the FIFA World Cup and soccer was making America a lesser society. It makes me LMFAO. The link is below.
But, like, it's his opinion that the Hobbit was a sequel, and opinions should be respected or something right?
That sort of logic is the root of all the problems I have with Murica.
RIP Faith in humanity
No comment till I get the actual source and official statement from the journalist who "blames Tolkien for being a moneygrabber".
excuse me while I go smash my face with a hammer
Wow.. got to know who was the "journalist"
That's the reason why "Lercio" and "Ah ma non è Lercio" are born, and why Italian press is like the worst of the whole Western Europe ( is enough to see what is the rank in the freedom of the press standings is kinda bad for what should be a wealthy and developed country) P.S. Who is the "famous journalist"?
Italian people are known to be dumb af