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Old 24-01-19, 09:54 AM   #287
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Default Re: Quote of the day (sorry, Brexit related)

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Originally Posted by embee View Post
It's what in the "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister" scripts, Bernard called an irregular verb, or an emotive conjugation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotive_conjugation
It's really disappointing how people still fall for this. More so in recent times with the tabloids exaggerating everything out of proportion.

I try to explain to people to try to single out the facts in any given article or publication but it rarely gets anywhere. Even reporting on emotionally neutral things like science seems written in a way that deliberately leads to false implications.

"Recent studies show that... <insert conclusion here>" becomes fact in the mind of the reader. So you can draw your own conclusions on what happens with politically charged subjects.
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