I was prepared to declare Tribune CEO Randy Michaels Asshole of the Week for issuing a memo proclaiming nearly 120 words banned from WGN broadcasts. "Newsspeak," he calls them, and, besides the word, "alleged" (unless you want your already-bankrupt company to be further sued into oblivion for defamation and libel), I am actually in favor of leaving nearly all of these words and phrases out back for the low-lifes of cable news commentary to pick through.
Seeing "touch base" immediately upon opening the article got my attention.
My favorite is "in the wake of (unless referring to a boat)".
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As a former print journalist (thank god I escaped that career), I think this is great! Well, sort of. I think asking employees to rat each other out is stupid, but I mostly like the list.
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