"The US is not winning the war in Iraq and will be there for years..."

[SpxGrunt]

(No, this is not a political thread tongue.gif )
That was the tease and the lead in on NBC. It was followed by something like "that's the assesment of..." Isn't one of the first rules of broadcast journalism not to quote someone without attribution in a lead-in? It sounds as if Brian Williams is making that claim. Where's Mervin Block?!?

[adam & doctor drew]

unfortunately that's one of the most overused (and lamest) writing crutches in the business.

"Eating Tomatoes will kill your family. That's the claim of group XYZ...."

anytime the 2nd sentence starts with "That's..." it's usually one of these lame scripts.

[Produce man]

Just goes to show the nets are a shadow of their former selves.

[Head Janitor]

According to many newswriting rules, it is a no-no. But this isn't a case of slander. Now, if he had started with, '((Some political figure)) is a gay balloon sucker. That's the latest from his political foe.' Then he could be in real trouble.
Beyond all that, it works for Williams and Nightly.
As for Block, he is constantly deriding the writing on Nightly.

[ December 06, 2006, 11:58 AM: Message edited by: Head Janitor ]

[SpxGrunt]

Never thought it was slander, just a no-no. "Gay balloon sucker" Does that mean he is gay and sucks balloons or he sucks gay balloons? Block would want clarification! ;)

[New York'rr]

The worst offender is CNN, using question marks to get away with saying anything, no matter how little evidence exists.

"Trans-Fats: Biggest Threat to Your Health Ever?"

"Pope Benedict: Out-of-Touch Hate-Monger?"

"Speaker Pelosi: Greatest Speaker in History?"

"Iraq Study Group: Smartest People Ever?"

"Critics of Climate Change Taking Bribes from Oil Companies?"

[Tripe Face]

Originally posted by New York'rr:
The worst offender is CNN, using question marks to get away with saying anything, no matter how little evidence exists.

"Trans-Fats: Biggest Threat to Your Health Ever?"

"Pope Benedict: Out-of-Touch Hate-Monger?"

"Speaker Pelosi: Greatest Speaker in History?"

"Iraq Study Group: Smartest People Ever?"

"Critics of Climate Change Taking Bribes from Oil Companies?"Prove that ANY of those have EVER aired on CNN.

As usual you a full of sh!t loserrr.

[Produce man]

Originally posted by Tripe Face:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by New York'rr:
The worst offender is CNN, using question marks to get away with saying anything, no matter how little evidence exists.

"Trans-Fats: Biggest Threat to Your Health Ever?"

"Pope Benedict: Out-of-Touch Hate-Monger?"

"Speaker Pelosi: Greatest Speaker in History?"

"Iraq Study Group: Smartest People Ever?"

"Critics of Climate Change Taking Bribes from Oil Companies?"Prove that ANY of those have EVER aired on CNN.

As usual you a full of sh!t loserrr.</font>[/QUOTE]I guess you don't watch a lot of CNN.

[New York'rr]

Here is a reply from the "Calling Bullsh!t" thread of two days ago....Tripe Face freely acknowledges the fact that Tripe Face=Bullsh!t.

Thanks for the candid acknowledgement, Tripe Face. 'Nuff said there.

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posted December 04, 2006 08:40 AM
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Moving along.

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