Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Faint Praise Watch

Stephen Glover on the press, a phrase that feels as if the rules of grammar require it to have "as if anyone gives a fuck" appended to it.

And yet, although [the new Berliner Observer] has spirited columnists such as Nick Cohen, and well-informed ones such as Andrew Rawnsley, one looks in vain to its heart for that old voice of principle and conviction, as well as intellectual distinction.

I am currently looking up "spirited" in the Dictionary of English Euphemism

1 Comments:

Blogger Matthew said...

It does seem to imply he's not well informed. Then again being labelled 'well informed' by Stephen Glover is not praise.

1/18/2006 05:29:00 PM  

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