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CyberCobre
10-07-2006, 06:40 PM
...to say it the way it is:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20538801-2703,00.html

ROFLMAO. Truth and no hedging. Wish American journalists could pound it out like this and not lose their jobs.
robeiae
10-07-2006, 07:24 PM
Not bad. But it's an editorial, not a news item--I'm quite certain nothing therein was so controversial to bar it from the NYT or WSJ op-ed pages.

I did like this line, however:

His sexual predilections are not really the issue. However, a member of Congress is in a special position of authority towards the pages; hitting on them is a serious breach of professional ethics - and, yes, personal responsibility.
CyberCobre
10-07-2006, 07:28 PM
I loved the tongue in cheekiness. Okay, editorial writer...opinion writer, I guess, rather than journalist. Told you I'm not good at these things. And I don't much pay attention to niggling nibbleties, anyway, unless its pixels or cat hair in the oils.
ATP
10-07-2006, 07:42 PM
As an Australian, I wish the said journalist with the tongue-in-cheek flair was a fellow Australian. But, as it is, the said Gerard Baker apparently is... US Editor and Assistant Editor of The Times of London.
britwrit
10-08-2006, 09:33 PM
Oh, THAT explains it. Because no British politician would ever cheat on his or her spouse.
English Dave
10-09-2006, 02:32 AM
Ummmm I'm lost?
writerterri
10-09-2006, 04:53 AM
Ummmm I'm lost?


No, not you.:tongue