[AF] Tortured English of the day

Rich Wood richwood
Sat May 26 08:17:58 CDT 2007


------ At 01:28 PM 5/25/2007, Sid Schweiger wrote: -------

>Sounds to me like the report about a person who "allegedly died."

Thank the legal department for that. "Allegedly" gives them wriggle 
room  With "allegedly" in front of it, it ceases to be a fact. 
"Alleged mob boss Al Capone dies in prison of a nasty disease" is 
fact - the disease part. We're not willing to declare him to be a mob 
boss. Remember that John Gotti claimed to be a zipper salesman.

In the time of Christ news departments could have been sued for 
reporting that He died.

Rich 



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