Saturday, November 10, 2012

A Deadline Ploy?

"As Harry Truman famously said, 'If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen'."

By saying "famously," the journalist at once acknowledges the phrase has been quoted endlessly and  excuses himself from laziness in not finding a less clichéd way of making the point.
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2 comments:

  1. IshfiveNovember 11, 2012 at 1:41 PM

    Amen. I find much journalism is now lazy, but for the energy used to excuse the laziness.

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  2. DonNovember 12, 2012 at 5:52 PM

    My first comment.

    My first reply:

    Thanks, son.

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