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Emrys

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2. Lazy media shorthand, really,

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 20, 2022, 10:40 AM

Jun 2022

though sometimes we non-journalists do it ironically. For instance, in the UK we had a Gategate a few years ago.

It's a bit like the journalistic habit of saying "So-and-so did this after such-and-such", implying causality when the two occurrences may have no link except one happening after the other.

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Carriegate: No 10 admits pressuring The Times to drop Carrie Johnson story [View all] Emrys Jun 2022 OP

why does any scandal after water gate have to have the priefiex "gate " after it? AllaN01Bear Jun 2022 #1

Lazy media shorthand, really, Emrys Jun 2022 #2

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