by Frank Herron
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Earlier today (Feb. 28, 2016) he (or a surrogate) did it again. Donald J. Trump passed on a quote that he thinks could help make America great again. (Would love to know exactly what decade provides the template for “great”….) … Continue reading
by Frank Herron
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Today’s inky version of the Boston Globe devoted plenty of space to the debate between the two major candidates for governor of Massachusetts that took place in Worcester last night (Oct. 27). The coverage of the Charlie Baker/Martha Coakley tussle … Continue reading
by Frank Herron
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The Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald from this morning [meaning October 15] has a piece on the crisis at Kobane, which is on the border that separates Syria and Turkey. The article (“Have Obama and Abbott given up on Kobane?”–refering, of … Continue reading
by Frank Herron
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How do misquotations survive? They need a good environment in which to thrive. Maybe a hint is buried in a statement wrongly attributed to English naturalist and evolution theorist Charles Darwin. The statement surfaced on 19 September 2014 in the … Continue reading
by Frank Herron
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Sometimes a misquotation is so entrenched that it becomes strangely acceptable to paraphrase the misquote.. That’s what happened in the 12 September 2014 editions of The Daily Telegraph of Sydney (Australia). In an editorial about economic revival of New South … Continue reading
by Frank Herron
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This week’s news has brought more attention to former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice’s May 23 press conference. That’s where he tried to offer a life-lesson but did it in an oafish manner. The context? You likely know it: … Continue reading
by Frank Herron
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Today’s Boston Globe and Boston Herald each used the front page as a take-off point for coverage of Seth Moulton’s upset primary victory, which will end Rep. John Tierney’s 18-year stint in Congress. (The Herald could not resist calling Tierney’s … Continue reading
by Frank Herron
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Vice President Joe Biden has a penchant for quoting–or trying to–Irish poet W.B. Yeats (shown at right). On Monday, September 17, he spoke on the phone with a few Iowa supporters while campaigning in that state. Here’s what he said … Continue reading
by Frank Herron
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The Republican National Convention has effectively dismantled an original statement to come up with its “We Built It” campaign. The effort has its foundation in a statement President Barack Obama made in Virginia on July 13. The single sentence that … Continue reading
by Frank Herron
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Vigilant media watchdogger Craig Silverman, in his column in the Toronto Star on Saturday 21 April, points out how the addition of a period put a horrible twist to the words of an officer in the Afghan military, Ghulam Jehlani … Continue reading