I was sent this image by a friend of mine. I cannot attest to the veracity of the attribution, but it was apparently used in a recent press conference where the president called Hurricane Katrina "One of the worst disasters ever to hit the United States."According to the email that this came in, Fox used the standard shorthand of using a colon after the name of the person speaking followed by the quite (or some shortened version of the quote) to state that the speaker had said something of note. Unfortunately for Fox, the meaning gets lost if you do not understand the convention. Is the president calling Katrina a disaster? Is Fox calling Bush a disaster?
Is either one of these meetings really wrong?
Have a great day!
Don Bergquist - 15, September, 2005 - Denver, Colorado
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