Judah, You forget the biggest craven phrase so far:
"As reported by Fox News..." On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > I think that alleged has a very useful and commonly understood > meaning. There are far more craven phrases that didn't make his list. > > For my money, "Some say" is way worse. "Some say"? Who is this "some"? > > And phrases which have no concrete subject or object. "Mistakes were made". > > I wouldn't mind seeing those go away. > > Judah > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> No, but "alleged" is not very specific. >> >> Alleged by who? his crazy ex girlfriend? His Kindergarten teacher? The >> police? A district attorney? >> >> It has come to be used often as a shorthand for "charged and on trial, but >> not convicted yet". >> >> So SAY that. >> >> Instead, it is now used as a craven legal figleaf trying to cover the next >> statement to follow. >> >> Around here, it would instead be followed "but I don't mean that in a bad >> way". >> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> Since he explicitly forbids the use of the word "alleged", I'll just >>> have to call him a douchenozzle instead of an alleged douchenozzle . >>> >>> Some of those things I can kind of see the logic behind. The >>> mispronunciations, well, you shouldn't hire people that cannot >>> pronounce "hundred" correctly. But how in the world would you >>> correctly report the news if you can't use the word alleged? Guy's >>> been charged with murder but has not been convicted. He's an alleged >>> murderer. Do you want to just call him a murderer and ignore the >>> trial? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > This topic has been burning hot across the news business this morning. >>> > >>> > I actually agree with most of his list. What say you all? >>> > >>> > >>> http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/memo-puts-wgn-news-staffers-at-a-loss-for-words/17374 >>> > >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313346 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
