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1) Please use the term “government-run health insurance” or, when brevity is a concern, “government option,” whenever possible.

2) When it is necessary to use the term “public option” (which is, after all, firmly ensconced in the nation’s lexicon), use the qualifier “so-called,” as in “the so-called public option.”

3) Here’s another way to phrase it: “The public option, which is the government-run plan.”

4) When newsmakers and sources use the term “public option” in our stories, there’s not a lot we can do about it, since quotes are of course sacrosanct.

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Fox News’ Washington managing editor, Bill Sammon, issuing an e-mailed reminder to staffers at the height of the healthcare debate. “Public option,” which Sammon told staffers to avoid using without qualifiers, got more positive responses in the polls compared to the term “government option,” a Republican pollster said in an August appearance on Fox. (via officialssay)

Fair and balanced Fox, that objective news organization. I mean, Shijesus! Why do we still have to put up with Right Wing Crap??? (I miss Alan Grayson already… at least he honestly called out the lying bullshit!)

Reblogged 1 year ago from robot-heart-politics (Originally from officialssay)
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    news that’s fit
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    I hate them so so much.
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    Fair and balanced Fox, that objective news organization. I mean, Shijesus! Why do we still have to put up with Right...
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    least quotes are “sacrosanct.”
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