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Huh. I read it and yet walk away curious...

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by BrianKagy, Jul 5, 2001.

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  1. BrianKagy

    BrianKagy Member

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    Insanity, Please!

    Did I just miss it, or did cnn.com leave something important out of this story...?

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    #1 BrianKagy, Jul 5, 2001
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    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    What's missing? According to the story, he will plead innocent by reason of insanity to consorting with African con artists to swindle folks out of over 10 million dollars.

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    I'm gonna guess that what's missing is that he is a Democrat?

    I didn't see party affiliation in the story either, but I did some researching, and he's had an interesting political career -- he cast the deciding vote to impeach Nixon. He also served as Jimmy Carter's representative to the U.N. Human Rights committee in 1977.

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    I'm assuming they didn't put his affiliation because he is no longer a Congressman. It wouldn't be fair to a party (Democrat or Republican) to bring up the party affiliation to a guy who is no longer in power. I mean if George Bush got into trouble would you want them to say "Former Republican President George Bush. . .". That's just my theory.

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    I'd be curious to know what exactly this guy did to steal $10m.



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    Vengeance and RocksMillenium nailed it. I just thought it was odd that they omitted his party affiliation although RM does raise a good point as to why that might be.

    To me, it should be listed, just because it's the first thing I think of when a story refers to a politician. That's just my personal preference.

    Also, in stories about former congressmen, I believe that reporters normally include the party affiliation. Heck, they definitely do when dealing with Newt Gingrich! [​IMG]
     
    #6 BrianKagy, Jul 6, 2001
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