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By coincidence here's a hot brawl at WordWizard about punting
http://www.wordwizard.com/ch_forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7002
My critics maintain that a Knight-Ridder news report that Bush is punting on some of the issues is an editorial statement accusing him of unscrupulousness
But I maintain that while "punts" might not have been exactly the correct word to use here, that it was not consciously intended by the K-R reporter to be pejorative and that most news organizations (except possibly Fox) intend their news stories to be neutral in tone
Any support for my interpretation? Thanks to all
dalehileman
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