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June 14, 2004 Is that really the metaphor you wanted? Jodi Wilgoren's New York Times piece on John Kerry begins: Like a caged hamster, Senator John Kerry is restless on the road. A caged hamster? Does that image give you the connotation you wanted, there, Jodi? Wouldn't, I dunno, "caged tiger" given you the same impression, but without the unfortunate mousy overtones? Why not just title the story, "John Kerry: Small, Helpless, Irritable Little Rodent"? And doesn't the Times have editors, for cripes' sake? How did they let this get by them? Really, if you want to get the guy elected, mouse and rabbit comparisons just probably aren't wise. |
Wow caged hamster? Keep him away from the kiddies then, you know how hamsters can be... ;)
Posted by: MrAcheson at June 14, 2004 03:34 PM
Rabbit?
Too Carteresque.
Posted by: Bithead at June 14, 2004 03:39 PM
Jodi Wilgoren is one of those phoney reporters that teh Times employs so that it feels "fair and balanced" Jodi is a hack and smear job lady, just look what she did to Howard Dean and Gore before that.
Can't we get rid of her and most of the entire political team at the Times? They just all collectively suck. They are either slow to the punch, bad at feeling the pulse of the public or so caught in their own spin cycle (or someone elses) that they miss real news. Ron Brownstein at the LA Times or almost anyone at the Post would be better.
Posted by: DaveB at June 14, 2004 03:48 PM