"Narrative Templates" for Simple Journalists

"There are narrative templates into which simple journalism fits".

A bit of a put-down? Heard on BBC Radio 4 this morning (Alan Little's comment).

I think he meant most journalism.

I can imagine what he thinks about blogs.

Let us be grateful for templates, in terms of both ease of lay-out and narrative simplicity/brevity/immediacy.

They cut the waffle.