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From: nobody@nowhere.com
On 9/26/2024 5:33 AM, trotsky wrote:
> On 9/24/24 2:38 PM, moviePig wrote:
>> 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-r
y-peter-clark-has-the-definitive-answer-at-last/
>
>
> I would say it's more of a print journalism remnant, back when people
> used to read the newspaper every day. The quality and accuracy of
> information was better then, among other things.
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