Author Topic: I hate journalistic writing (Read 100550 times)

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #700 on:** April 09, 2015, 08:27:58 PM »

That was an eagle sound, for those who are interested.

Noemon · « **Reply #701 on:** April 10, 2015, 05:35:49 PM »

Seriously?

Jonathon · « **Reply #702 on:** April 10, 2015, 07:07:30 PM »

Pronouncing "sale" as "sell" is a very Utah thing to do. I didn't realize it happened in Ohio too.

Noemon · « **Reply #703 on:** April 10, 2015, 08:30:20 PM »

I see it once in a while here; I generally assume the writers are Utah transplants.

Jonathon · « **Reply #704 on:** April 10, 2015, 09:28:22 PM »

Well, it's not exclusively a Utah thing. I think it occurs in Texas and some other parts of the South. I just hadn't heard of it in the Midwest before.

Edit: I guess I'm wrong about that. Wikipedia says that it's also found "sporadically in other Southern states and in the Midwest and West."

pooka · « **Reply #705 on:** April 26, 2015, 07:03:32 PM »

Quote from: rivka on March 08, 2015, 09:15:37 PM

It took me a couple read-throughs to see it.

I didn't even see it, having forgotten. I totally read it as "solemn event marking a passage, which may or may not be held in a house of worship."

Jonathon · « **Reply #706 on:** May 07, 2015, 12:45:02 PM »

This is so weird. This article was obviously written fifteen years ago, but it wasn't published until today.

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Acronyms are becoming rapidly more popular across the digital world and, while they may initially seem harmless, can present a very real danger in the lives of today's youth.

pooka · « **Reply #707 on:** May 15, 2015, 03:15:33 PM »

So apparently there is a sect of Mormonism called AgReserve. I wonder what their policy on sabbath observance is. http://rt.com/usa/mormon-church-florida-half-billion-459/

Jonathon · « **Reply #708 on:** May 19, 2015, 11:43:25 AM »

How's this for a misleading headline?

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‘We don’t want you in our yearbook’ High school student with special needs excluded from yearbook

It sounds horrible, but it turns out that nobody actually said that. The mother of the student said, “It’s kind of like they singled out the students who were in the transition program and said, ‘We don’t want you in our yearbook.’”

rivka · « **Reply #709 on:** May 19, 2015, 01:34:42 PM »

And the article isn't slanted at alllll.

(I would be fairly sympathetic, but the way it is presented actually makes me less so.)

Jonathon · « **Reply #710 on:** May 25, 2015, 09:52:37 PM »

Who was doing what now?

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The California Highway Patrol was chasing the suspect late Sunday night, driving down three separate highways, jeopardizing other drivers with the police chopper on his tail, but refusing to pull over. Eventually, he crashed into an SUV, injuring the other driver.

Nighthawk · « **Reply #711 on:** June 09, 2015, 07:25:24 AM »

This has been reported a lot, but it's appropriate for here: Amphibious pitcher makes debut

pooka · « **Reply #712 on:** June 19, 2015, 08:21:59 AM »

Quote from: Jonathon on May 25, 2015, 09:52:37 PM

Who was doing what now?

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The California Highway Patrol was chasing the suspect late Sunday night, driving down three separate highways, jeopardizing other drivers with the police chopper on his tail, but refusing to pull over. Eventually, he crashed into an SUV, injuring the other driver.

Because it's the cops fault that he's driving too fast. And using a phone while he does.

Jonathon · « **Reply #713 on:** June 19, 2015, 08:26:23 AM »

I was just talking about the terrible dangling participles.

pooka · « **Reply #714 on:** June 19, 2015, 08:34:28 AM »

OK. I didn't think it was terrible.

Jonathon · « **Reply #715 on:** August 01, 2015, 09:51:23 PM »

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #716 on:** August 02, 2015, 12:03:34 AM »

I thought there was a family resemblance.

Jonathon · « **Reply #717 on:** September 17, 2015, 10:03:59 AM »

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Bush appeared to come out of the shell of the tortoise he has so heartily embraced as his symbol to give voters a taste of the passion he has struggled to showcase.

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Keith · « **Reply #718 on:** September 17, 2015, 10:22:16 AM »

I bet most voters would prefer to get their taste of passion from something other than a tortoise.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #719 on:** September 17, 2015, 10:41:07 AM »

Like some kind of demented Venus de Milo.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #720 on:** September 17, 2015, 02:09:52 PM »

Quote from: Jonathon on September 17, 2015, 10:03:59 AM

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Bush appeared to come out of the shell of the tortoise he has so heartily embraced as his symbol to give voters a taste of the passion he has struggled to showcase.

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Wut.

Jonathon · « **Reply #721 on:** September 17, 2015, 02:20:52 PM »

I explained it all on Twitter if you're confused.

Farmgirl · « **Reply #722 on:** September 17, 2015, 07:28:00 PM »

Quote from: Jonathon on September 17, 2015, 02:20:52 PM

I explained it all on Twitter if you're confused.

Followed!!!

Jonathon · « **Reply #723 on:** February 14, 2016, 12:42:21 PM »

Scalia's death leaves major void in high court, Utah legal experts say

I don't know, sounds like a pretty controversial opinion to me.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #724 on:** February 15, 2016, 06:52:04 AM »

My analysis of the data led me to the same conclusion. Maybe I can be a legal expert, too!