Weasel wording

[Dan Goncharoff]

Not true.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/27/bn.01.html

DanG

On 5/1/2010 9:57 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> The real question is, was Reagan a citizen?  Do we really know?
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> Did you know that Gerald Ford was in actuality a man named Leslie King, Jr?
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> CNN will not cover these stories.
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> JL
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> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:00 AM, victor steinbok<aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> ... or the story is completely made up, which is why all the
>> qualifiers are there. If we know that there was an incident that
>> involved a bullet wound to a deputy sheriff, only "shot" would be
>> unqualifiedly accurate. The rest--both qualifiers and words that they
>> qualify--are all questionable, including "by". Then again, maybe
>> "shot" in not accurate either. Was Reagan shot "by" Hinkley? Was he
>> "shot" at all? [Actually, this is why I said that "by" is included...]
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>> VS-)
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>> On 5/1/10, Bill Palmer<w_a_palmer at bellsouth.net>  wrote:
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>>> CBS News this morning reported on a deputy sheriff in Arizona, =
>>> "allegedly shot by suspected illegal immigrants".
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>>> Maybe one qualifier too many.
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>>> Bill Palmer
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