The list is so-so.
My personal choice: “some say…” Used continually by Katie Couric, David Gregory and oh, basically anyone in the press who wanted to advance their own personal opinion or the general concensus of the fourth estate: “Some say President Bush is trying to undermine our civil liberties,” “Some say Iraq is a quagmire,” “Some say America is a world-bully,” “Some say if only the Kyoto treaty had been recognised…”
Just once, I would like to hear a politician come back with, “WHO says? WHO exactly SAYS, Katie, David, Tim, etc”
They’d never spill the true answer, though, “why, WE say, WE in the press!”
What is your choice for most annoying phrase? The folks at Lucianne have some good ones!
January 2nd, 2006 at 7:19 pm
Bingo! ‘Some say’, the ultimate weasel wording, drives me nuts. We all know that the ’some’ are the gang at the Times and WaPo water coolers. Agree that their bluff should be called by some brave soul. (Who unfortunately is probably yet to be born.)
January 2nd, 2006 at 7:37 pm
Whenever a liberal says, “Clearly, the American people agree with us that…”
Drives me up the wall!
January 2nd, 2006 at 9:46 pm
My Toobar Times Headlines
WALKING IN FROST’S FOOTSTEPS neo comes to where “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.” THINGS, among other things, is taking a look at “The History of the TV Remote.” DEFENSE TECH, unlike the current poster child for media alzheimers, knows that N…
January 3rd, 2006 at 12:19 pm
Some said Iraq was a quagmire 72 hours into the war, etc., etc. America is on to their little game. Nina Totenberg can say that she doesn’t think she is liberal…”If you say I am liberal, you’d have to say Newsweek is liberal…” We do, Nina. We do. One day people will wake up and wonder why they are even paying attention to people that can’t be honest about who they are.
January 4th, 2006 at 9:27 pm
“Some Say” This Was The Most Annoying Phrase of 2005
The Anchoress (whom some say is a terrific blogger, and we concur; although we’re not sure why we’re using the royal we and addressing ourselves in the third person in this nested parenthetical), writes:My personal choice: “some say…” Used continuall…