Since apparently I have some undefined plague wreaking havoc on Peoria, figured I’d take a little bit of time to get a post out there for December. This happens to be one of those cases where the prep time for the post significantly exceeds the actual post effort. The post really originated back in August do to becoming completely disgusted with the level of journalism these days. Well, to be honest, this might not be so much new as just me becoming over sensitive to it and with the election in full swing I was probably a little more tuned in to it. One of my hard fast rules is I NEVER read a story with emotionally charged words in the title. You know, those charged words that are intentionally placed either to excite their audience to reading their drivel or meant to demean whatever the subject happens to be.
Now take for example this article on 10/4/12:
specifically Mitt spoke forthrightly. Now this isn’t the headline cap, but if they had used “Mitt Spoke Forthrightly During the Debate”, what kind of emotion would have that generated with you? Is it enough to get you to click on the link to find out the details, does it reveal what position the author is taking on the subject? Maybe it feels a little snooty. To be honest I have no problem with it and since my intent was to learn about the debate anyway I’m likely going to hit the link anyway and, more importantly, I’ll be able to form my own opinion of how it went.
Okay, now from 10/25/12
One dingy dingy, two dingy dingy, three dingy dingy. If anything, this is a de-emotion word. To Ding – To Dent (something). Traditionally implying something small, trivial if you will. By interpretation, whatever the Register did to Obama was discarded as meaningless. Guessing this had something to do with them having the audacity to cast Obama in bad light so the use of that headline by the media is expected.
Time to step it up a bit. Next up is 9/21/12:
To Hammer – Hit or beat (something) with a hammer or similar object. Now I find it extremely difficult to believe that a group of Senators was chasing down Obama and beating him with a hammer (or similar object). Now again, since I would never read an article with such a charged headline I can only speculate but the little caption below it indicates they …wait for it … gave speeches. More truthful would be The GOP Hurled Words at Obama.
The bloodshed continues after the jump
