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   From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 9/24/2024 9:35 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:   
   > On 9/23/24 10:36 PM, shawn wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:45:04 -0700, BTR1701  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>> Ubiquitous  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Liberal comedian Bill Maher scolded his audience this week for   
   >>>> laughing after   
   >>>> he talked about the second assassination attempt on former President   
   >>>> Donald   
   >>>> Trump on Sunday.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Maher made the remarks Friday evening on his HBO show REAL TIME while   
   >>>> talking about the attempt on Trump's life at Trump International   
   >>>> Golf Club   
   >>>> West Palm Beach.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> "So let's not bury the lead," Maher said. "The big story this week,   
   >>>> they   
   >>>> tried to shoot Trump again. Let's not--"   
   >>>   
   >>> The correct word is 'lede', not 'lead'. No wonder our language is going   
   >>> to hell if even journalists can't get this stuff right.   
   >>   
   >> Never heard of the use of lede before, but this is a fairly decent   
   >> coverage.   
   >   
   > I used the word all the time when I was editing Wiki, because lots of   
   > articles didn't have good ledes.   
      
   Such might be the proper setting for using 'lede' today, which afaics   
   from this article is very much an "inside journalism" remnant:   
      
      
   https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2019/lead-vs-lede-roy-   
   eter-clark-has-the-definitive-answer-at-last/   
      
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