I apologize if I made inaccurate assumptions about your state of mind when you read the article. Knowing how much you hated the end of S5, and how skeptical you were about S6, I assumed that your general mindset was to go in expecting there to be trouble or negativity. If that was not the case, I apologize.
I won't ask you to go back and re-read the article, but I found some very interesting patterns in the way it was presented on various sites. Going by the most complete article, which was nothing more than a transcript of questions and answers, Jensen spoke of the bulk of his frustration in the past tense. The questions revolved around the beginning of the season, and he talked about how he felt (past tense) when he read the script (preparing for the beginning of the season).
Then I found another site that not only cherry picked the choicest negative comments, but in at least one instance changed it to the present tense.
The third (and possibly second most reliable) article I found used the precise wording from the transcript, but then interjected the reporters commentary, introducing each quote by stressing the negativity in Jensen's statement. The media does this to "sell papers." Because negativity sells, and negativity creates buzz, and especially in SPN fandom, controversy sells.
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Date: 2010-10-09 02:01 am (UTC)I won't ask you to go back and re-read the article, but I found some very interesting patterns in the way it was presented on various sites. Going by the most complete article, which was nothing more than a transcript of questions and answers, Jensen spoke of the bulk of his frustration in the past tense. The questions revolved around the beginning of the season, and he talked about how he felt (past tense) when he read the script (preparing for the beginning of the season).
Then I found another site that not only cherry picked the choicest negative comments, but in at least one instance changed it to the present tense.
The third (and possibly second most reliable) article I found used the precise wording from the transcript, but then interjected the reporters commentary, introducing each quote by stressing the negativity in Jensen's statement. The media does this to "sell papers." Because negativity sells, and negativity creates buzz, and especially in SPN fandom, controversy sells.
I just . . . trust Jensen to make it work.