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   From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 9/27/2024 5:03 AM, trotsky wrote:   
   > On 9/26/24 8:52 AM, moviePig wrote:   
   >> 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   
   roy-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.   
   >>   
   >> Read and, for better or worse, believe...   
   >   
   > I have no idea what the fuck you're talking about.  People believe what   
   > they read just as much now, but much of it is Soviet level propaganda.   
      
   The un/popularity of (e.g.) FoxNews and MSNBC suggests to me that people   
   have an increased awareness that public news is curated.   
      
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