Author Topic: Nat'l Journal: Writing early narrative? Wishful thinking? Know s'thing we don't?  (Read 1386 times)

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Offline IronDioPriest

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Get a load of this before it gets yanked:

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Could Pennsylvania End Santorum's Political Career Twice?
A Romney upset in Santorum's home state last night could bring the GOP nomination race to a decisive close.


In 2006, Pennsylvania voters ended Rick Santorum’s Senate career. Six years later, could the Keystone State shut down his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination?

Home states have posed critical tests for GOP candidates this year, from Mitt Romney in his birth state of Michigan to Newt Gingrich in Georgia, the state he represented in Congress. Next month’s Pennsylvania primary is a must-win battle for Santorum in the state he served as a congressman and senator for 16 years.

If Santorum fails to win Pennsylvania’s April 24 primary – and there are signs he’s vulnerable here despite his longstanding ties to the state – it could puncture any hope he has of capturing his party’s presidential nomination...

So what's with the "last night"? It is completely out of place and out of context, almost as if the headline was written to be viewed after the Pennsylvania primary, and then the article was retooled to run now, and "last night" was missed in the edit.

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The comments, not one, caught it.
First thought was cut and paste
but I think you've nailed it.

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I wouldn't doubt that the template has already been set. Journalism is nothing but an elaborate game of Mad Libs, just fill in the blank with names and dates.

Mark Steyn had a good one on Rush's show last Friday. He said the media narrative is so predictable you might as well see headlines like "Muslims Fearful of Backlash After Tomorrow's Bombing"
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I wouldn't doubt that the template has already been set. Journalism is nothing but an elaborate game of Mad Libs, just fill in the blank with names and dates.

Mark Steyn had a good one on Rush's show last Friday. He said the media narrative is so predictable you might as well see headlines like "Muslims Fearful of Backlash After Tomorrow's Bombing"

LOL.  I listened but I missed that.  Good one.
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Nothing stops a good narrative, but blowing the timing?  That's unforgivable!

But thanks, incompetence often provides an opportunity, sure would be nice to see it exploited.
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