{"id":71,"date":"2004-02-14T16:34:38","date_gmt":"2004-02-14T21:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/?p=71"},"modified":"2008-01-20T16:51:33","modified_gmt":"2008-01-21T00:51:33","slug":"like-abba-only-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/2004\/02\/14\/like-abba-only-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Abba, only worse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark R. Yeatts suggests:<\/p>\n

Here are several phrases journalists have used so many times, they
\nclang against the ear like a hit song from that Swedish Super-group,
\nAbba:<\/p>\n

  • Journalism is a “reflection of reality<\/strong>.”<\/li>\n
  • Polls described as “a snapshot in time.<\/strong>“<\/li>\n
  • Any use of “on a daily basis<\/strong>.”<\/li>\n
  • Market drops attributed to “Wall Street jitters<\/strong>.”<\/li>\n
  • “The schoolhouse door<\/strong>.”<\/li>\n
  • “Women, blacks, and other minorities<\/strong>.”<\/li>\n
  • “The children<\/strong>” are ubiquitous though we never hear about “the adults” or “the grownups.”<\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Mark R. Yeatts suggests: Here are several phrases journalists have used so many times, they clang against the ear like a hit song from that Swedish Super-group, Abba: Journalism is a “reflection of reality.” Polls described as “a snapshot in … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/banned\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}