The CBC has a nice example of how journalists will twist themselves into knots trying to count the number of objective angels on a pin. In a memo, an editor at CBC goes on at ridiculous lengths explaining that the words “terrorism” and “terrorist” are not neutral terms and that they should be avoided by…
July 19, 2005
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This month I’ll spend about $150 on e-books. Unfortunately, the only way I could get an electronic copy of the latest Harry Potter book was to find a pirated version. HarperMedia doesn’t believe anyone’s reading e-books, so I guess the version I found doesn’t exist), so they’ve refused to release any of the books in…