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« on: September 08, 2011, 04:15:02 pm »

Huffington post...quote

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 Ex-cop accused in murder-for-hire scandal awaits sentencing
unquote....minus the link to the story...

which i'll put here...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/08/ex-cop-jerome-finnigan-to_n_954019.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

question is...

why the word accused ? slightly misleading... no?

on purpose ya think...

not picking on huffington...just the langauge manipulation !
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« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2011, 04:32:34 pm »

Huffington post...quote

HuffingtonPost
 Ex-cop accused in murder-for-hire scandal awaits sentencing
unquote....minus the link to the story...

which i'll put here...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/08/ex-cop-jerome-finnigan-to_n_954019.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

question is...

why the word accused ? slightly misleading... no?

on purpose ya think...

not picking on huffington...just the langauge manipulation !

The story says nothing about accused. Perhaps it was a simple mistake by the tweeter?
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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2011, 04:42:00 pm »

The story says nothing about accused. Perhaps it was a simple mistake by the tweeter?

really...who do you think they have for employees there ?

high school drop outs ?....come on now...

they knew what they were typing...

and if they didn't...i would recommened they be fired !!!
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« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2011, 09:47:47 am »

really...who do you think they have for employees there ?

high school drop outs ?....come on now...

they knew what they were typing...

and if they didn't...i would recommened they be fired !!!

Really? Fire them for a grammatical error? Is that why you're self-employed?  Wink

btw - I finally found the tweet. It came out of the HuffPo Chicago office.
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« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2011, 03:50:50 pm »

Really? Fire them for a grammatical error? Is that why you're self-employed?  Wink

btw - I finally found the tweet. It came out of the HuffPo Chicago office.

makes sense to come out of that office...

they there are as crafty as obo'mama is with language usage !!!

a grammatical error...certainly not...but i highly doubt that was an error...

if it was just an error...the editor or whomever approved that tweet...is who i would fire !

misleading somes of bitches....
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« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2011, 04:32:23 pm »

makes sense to come out of that office...

they there are as crafty as obo'mama is with language usage !!!

a grammatical error...certainly not...but i highly doubt that was an error...

if it was just an error...the editor or whomever approved that tweet...is who i would fire !

misleading somes of bitches....

Editors need to proof tweets?
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« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2011, 04:39:13 pm »

Editors need to proof tweets?

gotta keep as many people working at minumum wage as i can....!!!
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