The one I'd like to see disappear is "hammering out a deal." Whenever any kind of negotiation happens, the two sides are described as "hammering out a deal." Whatever happened to "negotiating" and "have come to an agreement"?
Also, I'd like to see "cautiously optimistic" disappear.
What phrases would you like to see disappear from journalism?
2007-08-02 17:05:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
''war on drugs'' or calling that a war or anything which is actually police related and is not really a war. ''the criminals are getting through the loopholes in are justice system.'' first without it no one would know who the criminals were. also there are more than one type of criminal. the criminals concentrated on are muggers,rapists , and the like. the assumption is that if you are a police officer no crime can be commited as the police are good and criminals are bad. then that these are the only ones to worry about. warfare is not considered a crime or the crimes commited do not worry people as much as street crime . as in it is not considered dangerous and fantasies about killing local baddies as opposed to ending wafare abound. if you are not being invaded wafare is of no concern goes the reasoning. others ''rogue nation''. also using Dictator when referring to an important personage in another country it is crass. for example''the Dictator Kim ILJONG starves his people to maintain an army millions in strength and to maintain a nuclear arsennel.probably dead by now but really. ''Islamo-Fascism '' or Islamist not very informative.similiar to term Red-Fascist used in Cold War. a term which should be changed. term''Death Squads '' used in Iraq wonder if appropriate or if enough known or term just thrown in. term Stalinist when reffering to U.S.S.R. should reffer to it as the U.S.S.R. strange add more initials and a changeof attituide and that is what the U.S. would be. not relevent. the phrase ''Israeli-Palestinian Peace initiative''is contradiction implies there such a thing as Isreali-Palestinians right now there are Isrealis and Palestinians but no Isreali-Palestinians
2007-08-02 18:21:26 · answer #1 · answered by darren m 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not a phrase, but a word: "Very". Something is dreadful. Not very dreadful. Traffic is clogged. Not very clogged. The worst of the syndrome is when they use the word twice as an adjective: The crash site was very,very gruesome.
At the risk of being labeled sexist, it calls to mind an old cartoon from the New Yorker magazine that shows the forewoman of an all-female jury announcing: "We find the defendant very very guilty!".
2007-08-03 00:17:42 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to see them all gone!
Why the need for such
and give us credit to be able to make up our own minds about the adjectives?
We're not asking them to be psycho-analysts!
Enough already!
I think that if they were just allowed to relate the real news as they once had to right to, there would be no need for all these superfluous and unnecessary cliches!
2007-08-03 00:52:02 · answer #3 · answered by Terisina 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Details at five or eleven or whatever time.
Stuff like; Meteor headed towards earth , details at eleven.
Why not just tell me the damn news and details
2007-08-03 00:17:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The extensive coverage of celebrity "news"
2007-08-03 00:31:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The "Breaking News" scroll on news that is not just breaking.
2007-08-03 00:10:21 · answer #6 · answered by invisibleone 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to see gone "This just in"
2007-08-03 00:14:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Terror Alert.
President Bush.
War on Terror.
2007-08-03 00:08:05 · answer #8 · answered by Zoe S. 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A "brutal rape." Is there any other kind? Every one is brutal.
2007-08-03 01:40:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
...."If you will..." I hate it! It is a filler for some stup*d j*rk who is paid more than they are worth and think they know more than they do....
2007-08-03 00:11:13 · answer #10 · answered by Brightlight 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋