tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post5585209923747295477..comments2024-01-23T13:59:18.502+00:00Comments on Factchecking Pollyanna: And she thinks he's an attack dog?FactcheckingPollyannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539350837343626125noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post-76865378540244260652006-09-30T21:54:00.000+01:002006-09-30T21:54:00.000+01:00GeoffHar --
I do not think that a phrase like "h...GeoffHar -- <br /><br />I do not think that a phrase like "human right" counts as an 'um' or as an 'er', I'm afraid. Though, ironically, John Reid might agree with you.<br /><br />As I say, maybe I am be an old-fashioned pedant on this one, but I'm with John Miller on this one. To my mind paraphrases are not quotes and do not get quote marks.FactcheckingPollyannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539350837343626125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post-4902601870246718392006-09-30T19:16:00.000+01:002006-09-30T19:16:00.000+01:00geoffhar said "News reporters do distort what peop...geoffhar said "News reporters do distort what people say to make them more acceptable to the newspaper's readers"<br /><br />That's what happens when you don't care about the veracity that quotation marks used to give to what people actually said.<br /><br />Either a quote is a quote or it's a paraphrase and there's nothing in between.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post-21464474976302835462006-09-29T19:16:00.000+01:002006-09-29T19:16:00.000+01:00On Reid's quote and others you've disputed in La T...On Reid's quote and others you've disputed in La Toynbee's writings; there is really no need for "still being shocked when I see a quality newspaper print something in quote marks which was not said".<br /><br />The difference(s) you cite are all about splitting hairs. News reporters do it all the time; it's necessary to make most people's quotes readable.<br /><br />There's no need for all the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post-33181935803791963632006-09-29T15:53:00.000+01:002006-09-29T15:53:00.000+01:00This is excellent. Poison Polly herself is no dou...This is excellent. Poison Polly herself is no doubt too busy living the high life in her gated community in Clapham to read it, perhaps agonising with 'New' Labour cognoscenti about the agonies suffered by "the little people" - I'm gambling with the speech marks here - but no matter. Peerage for thee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com