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09-05-2008, 10:07 AM | #1 | |
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One of my least favorite tricks of the journalistic trade is to include a total non sequitur in the story, and let the assumed reason for including the sentence create a connection that doesn't exist, or can't be demonstrated directly. This one is very popular: "couldn't be reached for comment" equals "GUILTY AS HELL."
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09-05-2008, 01:35 PM | #2 | |
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Since the reader creates that connection only in his own head, how much of the responsibility for the unsupported conclusion does he bear?
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