EC
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Sun Jan-29-06 04:55 PM
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I just Love how much of the Press lately has been |
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calling ** "Mr. Bush" !
Just this week I noticed in an article in the MSM that even went so far as to say "Mr. Bush and President Clinton in the same article....
Anyone else noticing this is getting to be the norm now, instead of the exception?
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Sun Jan-29-06 04:56 PM
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1. they have a huge dog in this fight... |
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they should have seen it a long time ago.
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Oeditpus Rex
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Sun Jan-29-06 05:10 PM
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2. It's the policy of some papers |
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to use Mr., Ms. or whatever applies on second reference to all people. It's not just for *.
I'm sure in the example you cited it was the first reference to Clinton.
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Sun Jan-29-06 05:25 PM
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3. But I remember specifically looking at ** name throughout the |
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article and not once did they refer to ** as President..
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Oeditpus Rex
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Sun Jan-29-06 06:09 PM
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5. Not even on first reference? |
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That would be very odd. What paper was this?
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Sun Jan-29-06 06:11 PM
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6. It had to be the Sun-Times since I read it Daily |
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or an AP item in my local paper....
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Sun Jan-29-06 05:28 PM
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4. Watched an interview with PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter this morning |
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and they referred to him as President Carter every time. I loved it...
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Sun Jan-29-06 06:32 PM
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7. Been going on since 2000. Likely a "folksy" strategy of the GOP |
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Edited on Sun Jan-29-06 06:32 PM by applegrove
spin machine. They rarely called Bush, President Bush, at the start. While they always called all the ex-presidents "President So & so".
Go back 3 or 5 years. They called him Mr. Bush then alot too.
IMHO
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Sun Jan-29-06 06:53 PM
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8. That's the pattern of the press |
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Slam Bush on the weekends, when they think no one is reading, watching, or listening; then during the week, it's nothing but the pundits fawning all over his majesty King George!
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