{"id":19798,"date":"2001-01-20T19:24:59","date_gmt":"2001-01-21T01:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2001\/01\/20\/the-guardian-looks-at-wellingtons-lotr-economy\/"},"modified":"2008-05-12T13:51:27","modified_gmt":"2008-05-12T18:51:27","slug":"the-guardian-looks-at-wellingtons-lotr-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2001\/01\/20\/19798-the-guardian-looks-at-wellingtons-lotr-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian looks at Wellington’s LOTR economy"},"content":{"rendered":"
They’re not saying anything that hasn’t been said before, but this article is an encouraging sign that the British mainstream media are finally taking a more straightforward approach to reporting on the ‘Rings’ project. Last year we seemed to get a lot of articles from Britain that were ill-informed or had an apologetic tone, as though they felt ashamed to been seen concerning themselves with such childish fanboy stuff as Tolkien. Lately that’s not been the case.<\/p>\n