R. G. Harris of Detroit,
\nMichigan, read the proceedings below and passed the following along:<\/p>\n
I agree especially with the criticism of broadcast journalists
\nand would add that they should also be forever forbidden from asking
\ninane questions of crime or disaster victims. Does anyone really doubt
\nhow one feels when they have seen their home destroyed (totally destroyed
\nto the reporters) by fire, flood, tornado, etc. Or need they ask how
\nthe family of a murder victim feels?Many other words or phrases should be eliminated. Among them:<\/p>\n“A real team player<\/strong>;” “Ready to hit the ground running<\/strong>;”
\na “self-starter<\/strong>;” and “There’s no ‘I’ in ‘team<\/strong>‘.”<\/li>\nWe should also stop “doing lunch<\/strong>” and “taking meetings<\/strong>.”<\/li>\n As a retired police supervisor, I also have strong negative feelings
\nabout many cases of “cop-speak<\/strong>.” I once heard an arresting
\nofficer testify as follows:<\/p>\n“I observed a male subject exit a red colored vehicle and
\nproceed on foot in a westerly direction.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nWouldn’t it be easier to see a man get out of a red car and walk
\nwest? A “red-colored” as opposed to a red-flavored or red-shaped?
\nA “westerly direction as opposed to a westerly size?<\/li>\nDo we ever sound so stupid as when we try to sound smart?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
R. G. Harris of Detroit, Michigan, read the proceedings below and passed the following along: I agree especially with the criticism of broadcast journalists and would add that they should also be forever forbidden from asking inane questions of crime … Continue reading