Post by Kizzume on Nov 7, 2007 2:01:49 GMT -5
www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=2325
The one I do think was pretty bad was this:
Here's the one I don't understand what's wrong with it:
What part was false? The idea that those who follow Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson are typically poor and uneducated? It seems like a true statement to me. Maybe there should have been an and/or between "poor" and "uneducated" instead of an "and"?
The one I do think was pretty bad was this:
7. Dan’s Salute to ‘Honest’ Bill
Host Bill O’Reilly: “Do you think President Clinton’s an honest man?”
Dan Rather: “Yes, I think he’s an honest man.... I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things.” -- Exchange on Fox News’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” May 15, 2001.
Host Bill O’Reilly: “Do you think President Clinton’s an honest man?”
Dan Rather: “Yes, I think he’s an honest man.... I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things.” -- Exchange on Fox News’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” May 15, 2001.
Here's the one I don't understand what's wrong with it:
2. Damn Those Conservatives
“Corporations pay public relations firms millions of dollars to contrive the kind of grass-roots response that [Jerry] Falwell or Pat Robertson can galvanize in a televised sermon. Their followers are largely poor, uneducated and easy to command.”-- Washington Post reporter Michael Weisskopf in a Feb. 1, 1993, news story.
“Corporations pay public relations firms millions of dollars to contrive the kind of grass-roots response that [Jerry] Falwell or Pat Robertson can galvanize in a televised sermon. Their followers are largely poor, uneducated and easy to command.”-- Washington Post reporter Michael Weisskopf in a Feb. 1, 1993, news story.
What part was false? The idea that those who follow Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson are typically poor and uneducated? It seems like a true statement to me. Maybe there should have been an and/or between "poor" and "uneducated" instead of an "and"?
