[Tunehead54]

So many examples of these techniques abound that I stopped my 'scrip to the St. Pete Times ("cream" of the crop from the Poynter Institute land jobs there) Why would I want to be seething with rage at 6:30 am?

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I do think that these many devices could be distilled down to 10 max - ideally 5 so as to allow easy identification and ridicule - reducing their efforts to inconsequential babbling.

Where does quoting lib whackos as authoritive ("People for the Ameican Way" and then allowing them to denigrate conservatives as "right wing demagogues/idealogues" fit in?

Get to work John! ;-)

[starbase]

[Get to work John!] Actually, Tunehead54, I don't mean to harp on it, but it was I who developed and published these techniques. You can see my original vanity posting here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1529223/posts

I believe John posted my article from StrategyPage.com, who was kind enough to publish my modest list anonymously as I requested, I have email confirmation from the publisher of StrategyPage.com graciously informing me that he intended to publish my submission.