Tag: weasel words
Editors & Writers: What You Hear, & What They’re REALLY Saying!
WRITERS What you hear: Sorry, I only write if I’m getting paid. What they’re REALLY saying: Your outlet is utter bollocks, stop wasting my time!
“Inappropriate,” the Power Elite’s Ubiquitous Euphemism!
Dateline: WASHINGTON, D.C.—Experts discover that American politicians, pundits, and journalists frequently say “That’s not appropriate” when they really mean, “I want to tear out your intestines and strangle you with them for doing that.” Leslie Montague, psychologist at Pick Your…
Trudeau Eulogies: The Fun Never Ends
ADOLF HITLER Adolf Hitler did many things that we, as 21st century, progressive, tolerant, metropolitan Canadians, find difficult to accept. But Hitler did stand firm against the Red Army, preventing them from swamping Europe and perpetrating the hideous mass atrocities…
Talking Points Should be Delivered to Empty Rooms, Politicians and Journalists Agree
Dateline: WASHINGTON—At an unprecedented conference yesterday on relations between journalism and democratic government, Washington correspondents together with congressional leaders and the President reached an understanding about their public communications: from now on, the politician will deliver his or her talking…