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USA Today has lost it - or "exploded" it
USA Today has lost it.
I keep seeing USA Today printing that Columbia “exploded”. Fortunately the reports involving the CAIB report seemed to avoid that mistake. But I was belatedly reading an article by Michelle Kessler, in the Wed. September 3rd edition. On page 2 of a cover story in the Money section, a story about “Star-Gazing Tech Titans...” involved in private launch vehicles included a sentence which read in part: “The explosion of Space Shuttle Columbia......” This is about the 3rd time I’ve noticed USA Today doing this. The most famous was an article by Jim Oberg, which over his (not quite as strenuous as could have been) objection the editors forced the word “explosion” (or exploded) into his article rather than a more accurate word such as “disintegrated”, or “broke up”. With hyped-up use of words like that which falsely indicate what happened, how will Monday’s editions refer to how John Ritter and Johnny Cash died? If they are as insistent at using inaccurately hyped-up words as they are about using “explosion” for Columbia, maybe they’ll refer to the “assassinations” of Ritter and Cash? That a nice hyped up word for how someone died, even if totally inaccurate. Just about as stupid. - George Gassaway |
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USA Today has lost it - or "exploded" it
"GCGassaway" wrote in message
... USA Today has lost it. I keep seeing USA Today printing that Columbia "exploded". well, USA Today has lots of typos these days, so whaddya whaddya. -- Terrell Miller "In the early days as often as not the (rocket) exploded on or near the launch pad; that seldom happens any longer." -Columbia Accident Investigation Board report, vol.1 p.19 |
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USA Today has lost it - or "exploded" it
On 2003-09-14, Brian Gaff wrote:
I'm no pedant, but I agree that it must be said, mainly sub editors, insist on using emotive and inaccurate terms for lots of things these days. That's for sure! Somehow, if it's not "sensational" enough, it isn't news. Typical US infotainment. But still, it seems the Columbia disaster is quite bad enough without trying to hype it. I did see the term, undisclosed complications, for The Cash death, which almost asks the question as to why it was undisclosed. I imagine it was undisclosed, in that it was not mentioned in the press release. That's another favorite these days Nobody just dies anymore, you get to listen to Dan Rather or his clones babbling about the cause, length of illness and preferably an autopsy report, if available. Which is one reason why I avoid listening to them whenever possible. Steve "GCGassaway" wrote in message ... | USA Today has lost it. | | I keep seeing USA Today printing that Columbia "exploded". | | Fortunately the reports involving the CAIB report seemed to avoid that mistake. | | But I was belatedly reading an article by Michelle Kessler, in the Wed. | September 3rd edition. On page 2 of a cover story in the Money section, a story | about "Star-Gazing Tech Titans..." involved in private launch vehicles included | a sentence which read in part: | | "The explosion of Space Shuttle Columbia......" | | This is about the 3rd time I've noticed USA Today doing this. The most famous | was an article by Jim Oberg, which over his (not quite as strenuous as could | have been) objection the editors forced the word "explosion" (or exploded) into | his article rather than a more accurate word such as "disintegrated", or "broke | up". | | With hyped-up use of words like that which falsely indicate what happened, how | will Monday's editions refer to how John Ritter and Johnny Cash died? If they | are as insistent at using inaccurately hyped-up words as they are about using | "explosion" for Columbia, maybe they'll refer to the "assassinations" of Ritter | and Cash? That a nice hyped up word for how someone died, even if totally | inaccurate. Just about as stupid. | | - George Gassaway | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.518 / Virus Database: 316 - Release Date: 11/09/03 |
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USA Today has lost it - or "exploded" it
On or about Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:18:18 -0400, Terrell Miller
made the sensational claim that: "GCGassaway" wrote in message ... USA Today has lost it. I keep seeing USA Today printing that Columbia "exploded". well, USA Today has lots of typos these days, so whaddya whaddya. I've been thinking about this, and IMO the term used should be "loss". As in "the loss of the space shuttle Columbia". It covers what happened without using a zillion words to describe the concept of "breakup" to the average dolt. -- This is a siggy | To E-mail, do note | This space is for rent It's properly formatted | who you mean to reply-to | Inquire within if you No person, none, care | and it will reach me | Would like your ad here |
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USA Today has lost it - or "exploded" it
With hyped-up use of words like that which falsely indicate what happened, how will Monday's editions refer to how John Ritter and Johnny Cash died? If they are as insistent at using inaccurately hyped-up words as they are about using "explosion" for Columbia, maybe they'll refer to the "assassinations" of Ritter and Cash? That a nice hyped up word for how someone died, even if totally inaccurate. Just about as stupid. - George Gassaway I've already seen one news story that said the cause of John Ritter's death was "a heart attack" which is incorrect, it was a previously undetected congenital heart defect. Same thing happened to Jim Fixx, the guy who wrote the running books - everyone now has the popular but inaccurate impression that he had a heart attack, and now use that as an excuse not to run or exercise. I agree that there seems to be no effort for accuracy in many of the widely-read newspapers these days. R |
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USA Today has lost it - or "exploded" it
"Ron" wrote in message nk.net... With hyped-up use of words like that which falsely indicate what happened, how will Monday's editions refer to how John Ritter and Johnny Cash died? If they are as insistent at using inaccurately hyped-up words as they are about using "explosion" for Columbia, maybe they'll refer to the "assassinations" of Ritter and Cash? That a nice hyped up word for how someone died, even if totally inaccurate. Just about as stupid. - George Gassaway I've already seen one news story that said the cause of John Ritter's death was "a heart attack" which is incorrect, it was a previously undetected congenital heart defect. Same thing happened to Jim Fixx, the guy who wrote the running books - everyone now has the popular but inaccurate impression that he had a heart attack, and now use that as an excuse not to run or exercise. Which explains why I was finally able to get an age-group ribbon in a 5k race (4th place, but you gotta start somewhere). And I thought I was just outliving my competitors. |
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USA Today has lost it - or "exploded" it
"Ron"
I've already seen one news story that said the cause of John Ritter's death was "a heart attack" which is incorrect, it was a previously undetected congenital heart defect. Heart attack was close enough. It was a "dissection" of the aorta. It came apart. Not a "present at birth" congenital condition. Though a *genetic* tendency may be indicated as his dad died of a "heart attack." |
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USA Today uses "Breakup", but not in the right story...
Well, at least USA Today proved they CAN use the term "breakup", even as
separate words too, "break up". Unfortunately it wasn't about correcting prior errors in referring to Columbia as "exploding". It was about the all-world-important story about "Ben and Jen". Monday's edition, Life section. - George Gassaway |
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USA Today uses "Breakup", but not in the right story...
On 16 Sep 2003 09:13:55 GMT, (GCGassaway) wrote:
It was about the all-world-important story about "Ben and Jen". Monday's edition, Life section. ....You mean Jennifer Afflick or Ben Lo? OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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