Posted on 12/02/2007 8:36:45 AM PST by PatriotEdition
Of course the media is on the democrat's side, but this is just ridiculous...
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By GLEN JOHNSON
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - When the hostages had been released and their alleged captor arrested, a regal-looking Hillary Rodham Clinton strolled out of her Washington home, the picture of calm in the face of crisis.
The image, broadcast just as the network news began, conveyed the message a thousand town hall meetings and campaign commercials strive for - namely, that the Democratic presidential contender can face disorder in a most orderly manner.
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OF COURSE she was calm!! She wasn't one of the hostages!! Sheesh! Leave it to the Associated Press to put Hillary on a pedestal because of some psycho who went into her campaign office claiming he had a bomb.
And when they do an article about Romney, it would be nice if they had someone with some intelligence going over it before printing. I mean, I am not the best speller myself, but you would think that the people who write for AP would be.
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A Wonkish Romney Turns Up on the Trail
By LIZ SIDOTI
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) - Mitt Romney loves statistics. The former venture capitalist pores over charts and grafs. He analyzes situations and data from every angle. It's little wonder, then, that as he campaigns for president, the Republican sometimes shows his wonkish side.
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I could be wrong, but shouldn't pores be "pours" and grafs be "graphs"? I mean, I know it's not the New York Times, but shouldn't AP have some standards, too? Or is it that they just don't care enough when it's an article about a republican candidate?
Billy Kess
Sadly, I never see the word “led” used anymore.
Such as: I led her to her chair.
or: I will lead her down the stairs.
While both of your examples are correct English grammar, in newspaper terminology, the 'lede' is the most important part of the story.
From wikipedia:
Burying the ledeIn news style writing, burying the lede is beginning a piece with details of secondary importance to the reader, while postponing more essential points of fact or narration.
The spelling "bury the lead" is also common, but "lede" is a traditional variation which avoids ambiguity with the chemical element lead (historically used in printing).
Please
Great photo — one of Bill Clinton’s mistresses, having just come from “doing the Monica”.........
No, dictionary.com
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