[lbo-talk] What's the matter with Bean Town?

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Tayssir John Gabbour" <tayssir.john at googlemail.com>
>
>Some in the media seemed pretty angry that the prank suspects just
>wanted to discuss hair style history, at the press conference.
><http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx2ytr2Oyv4&eurl=>
>
>"Would you mind taking this seriously?" snapped a reporter.
>
>The irony is the media's well-known to have less journalistic
>integrity than a Comedy Central "fake news show"... Seriousness
>doesn't necessarily imply seriousness.

Retired NY Times columnist Russell Baker once did a great piece about the 
key distinction between being "solemn" and being "serious."  He lamented the 
growing substitution of the former for the latter.

Carl

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