Tag Archives: language

NY Times admits to basing its linguistic decisions on U.S. government diktat

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Jonathan

(UPDATED Monday 2pm: last paragraph changed based on feedback from my friend Adam) The New York Times’ ombudsman has a column on the Times’ practice of not (generally) using the word “torture” when describing the way the Bush administration dealt with … Continue reading →

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Word usage error in NY Times

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Jonathan

Update (Sunday 8:30pm): link to article removed, since the Times modified the story (although there is no evidence that the modification was due to their having learned their lesson about word usage!) New York Times, today: “It was 10 minutes … Continue reading →

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What is Lying?

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Jonathan

Jamie Whyte has a guest-post on Steve Landsburg’s blog arguing that we should force politicians to put their own money on the line when they make prognostications. E.g. we should have forced Tony Blair (Whyte is British) to place a … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy Theory Question

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Jonathan

UPDATE (Weds 10am): It looks like my blog post gave the White House the jolt of confidence they needed to go ahead and post the birth certificate! Revise the record of conspiracy theories to 0 and 11! (new update below) … Continue reading →

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