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A small point, but one that really irks me because so many websites do it.

  *in his own words, "the movie is a complete work of fiction."*
Actually they weren't his own words, they were words that TNW added in to give it context. They should have written:

  *in his own words, "[the movie is] a complete work of fiction."*
You can't take two different parts of what somebody said and stich them together, even if it makes it more clear what was meant, it's still misquoting.

edit: Same point about the other quotes they take, most of them are edited away from his actual wording.




Or just

in his own words, the movie is "a complete work of fiction."

which removes the need for the brackets.


Even this seems like oversimplifying it, because it removes all of the hedging he did prior to dropping the bomb. Removed from the context, it comes off as bitter.


Well, I think he has every right to be bitter. If someone made a universally-acclaimed movie in which I was portrayed as a complete jerk (or even a slightly different type of jerk from the jerk I really am) then I'd be annoyed about it too.


Fair enough, amended




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