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25. "It's like, I mean, you know, like..."

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:08 AM

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I mean, like, I’ll own part of that, as someone that spends some time on the Hill. You know, collectively we’re all guilty. Like, you know, individually,...

What in the world? OK, two things

1. It has long been journalistic standard to edit out filler words from quotations. Everybody uses them to some extent, and they don't read well. There have been good studies on this. It used to be that editors would leave filler words in a quotation when they wanted the quoted person to sound provincial or stupid. So, yes, it often had a racial component, and very often had a gendered component. However...

2. This is a lot of filler words to content for a professional journalist, even in ordinary speech. Good Lord!

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'Collectively, We're All Guilty': Capitol Hill Reporter Admits the 'Kay Granger Story' Fell Through the Cracks [View all] BumRushDaShow Monday OP

I think MAGA Mike should've been aware of this too Diamond_Dog Monday #1

umm.. I do not assume the speaker did not know--. He had to know she was missing since summer. riversedge Monday #8

Exactly. I'm quite sure they all did or most of them anyway. Texin 19 hrs ago #41

If congress doesn't update its spreadsheet if votes daily dickthegrouch Monday #2

It should be there. I think since there are 535 of them, it might be easy for the media to lose track of one. LeftInTX Monday #4

But she is Chair of the House Appropriations Committee BumRushDaShow Monday #7

if she is the chair then i'm wondering what has fallen by the wayside since she's been mia. nt orleans Yesterday #22

It looks like once she had announced this past spring that she was not running again BumRushDaShow Yesterday #23

well, at least that. thanks for letting me know. nt orleans 22 hrs ago #31

I remember Tom Cole's name coming up in the news BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago #34

Don't you think mgardener Monday #13

Yeah, but the media didn't notice. LeftInTX Monday #14

The Clerk of the House publishes the Roll Call votes online BumRushDaShow Monday #6

Exactly my point. Thank you /nt dickthegrouch Monday #12

With the amount of did not votes... Historic NY Monday #3

She hasn't voted since July. LeftInTX Monday #5

Even before intermittent Historic NY Monday #9

Why didn't her family or her secretary say something? Or was she just an old woman who was never missed? Srkdqltr Monday #10

I'd think they knew. Someone got her admitted underpants 21 hrs ago #33

Dementia is don't distinguish her from much of the R cohort. mpcamb 10 hrs ago #44

Hans Nichols should be ashamed to call himself a journalist. brer cat Monday #11

I had the same thought. YodaMom2 20 hrs ago #40

The media wouldn't have missed covering an absent Democratic representative. Paladin Monday #15

It was also unethical of her office to keep the ruse going Renew Deal Monday #16

Her staff and her family, but But BUt BUT as long as the gub'mint checks kept coming.... 3Hotdogs Monday #17

So she was re-elected while in a nursing home? idahoblue Yesterday #18

i am wondering those same things orleans Yesterday #21

She was not reelected, she did not run again. Srkdqltr 23 hrs ago #27

No!!!!!!! jimfields33 21 hrs ago #35

News flash for our Press Corpse, this is Hassler Yesterday #19

They are f..king guilty of a missing a lot of very important stories. Probably more like purposely buried them PortTack Yesterday #20

More evidence that the media is failing the American people perdita9 Yesterday #24

"It's like, I mean, you know, like..." Prairie Gates 23 hrs ago #25

I remember back in high school BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #26

But it's like, you know, just like normalized now, you know? biophile 22 hrs ago #28

It's been normalized for a LONG time! BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago #32

SORT OF flamingdem 22 hrs ago #29

When people use "we" When apologizing, they are trying to minimize their Wonder Why 22 hrs ago #30

I wish Linda ladeewolf 21 hrs ago #36

"We're still, as reporters, have limited resources and limited time to report all these stories out" Ray Bruns 21 hrs ago #37

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Political Malpractice. Journalistic Malpractice. Kid Berwyn 20 hrs ago #39

The Slobfather also has "dementia issues" not mentioned by the media DeeDeeNY 16 hrs ago #42

I guess her constituents didn't notice they weren't being represented IronLionZion 15 hrs ago #43

They always get a pass tonekat 9 hrs ago #45

Its not that surprising that it wasn't noticed until recently onenote 8 hrs ago #46

The bigger "issue" BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #47

Crux of the matter right up there Captain Zero 2 hrs ago #48

Just admit you all are whores for the right wing JI7 2 hrs ago #49