chicagotribune.com - 12/10/2008
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Now that Gov. Dead Meat has been arrested at his home and charged with selling Illinois by the pound—and Barack Obama 's U.S. Senate seat by the slice—let's just savor the aroma. I love the smell of meat over coals in the morning. It smells like . . . victory. The people of Illinois needed some ...
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AP’s Emotive Language For Gov. Rod Blagojevich
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... quite emotive language.
Anyway, the examples are endless showing that the Associated Press really was serious about going from a straight news agency, as it had been for generations, to combining a more emotive, opinion infused style with their news product.
The jury is still out as to whether this transformation was the right one to initiate. Whatever the case, it isn’t what one thinks of as traditional newswire copy, to be sure.
But, I must add this from Chicago Tribune columnist, John Kass.
So though Illinois isn’t ...
AP’s Emotive Language For Gov. Rod Blagojevich
Stop The ACLU —
... Senate seat.” Again using quite emotive language. Anyway, the examples are endless showing that the Associated Press really was serious about going from a straight news agency, as it had been for generations, to combining a more emotive, opinion infused style with their news product. The jury is still out as to whether this transformation was the right one to initiate. Whatever the case, it isn’t what one thinks of as traditional newswire copy, to be sure. But, I must add this from Chicago Tribune columnist, John Kass . So though Illinois isn’t surprised–this is after all ...
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