We get chastised when we say "some say that..." in university reports, because it ALWAYS means "I say". Otherwise, you should say "Luhmann says" or similar. Always refer to the person that is actually saying it. That Fox News exploits this comes as no surprise. For shame.
While some analysts predict shortages of sexiness in the futures market, some people say I'm the sexiest motherfucker in this room. Your thoughts, airhead-blond to my left?
I used to work at a callcenter selling insurance and we weren´t allowed to give personal advice so whenever a question like that came up the standard response was: "Well a lot of people I speak to tell me that they (insert advice here)"
That was the legally safe way of giving your advice through some third party opinion.
*promote because this is one of the first damn things they teach you not to do in college. i guess it helps that a majority of their core audience has probably never even heard of these newfangled colleges, much less attended one.
That was the legally safe way of giving your advice through some third party opinion.
Shittiest job ever.
Some people say that Fox News regularly rapes baby puppies to fuel the engines of war.
Someone has to do a report on this NOW! But it's not sensational enough so don't expect anyone to air it.
Aren't puppies babies? I eat orange oranges.
There is such a thing as hushpuppies, I felt like I needed to make the distinction. I mean, come on, get with the program. Duh. *snaps fingers*
(To be honest, originally it was just babies, but I thought it was a bit too dark, and everybody likes puppies.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_words
I would like to invoke that this video has to much NPOV. And is the cancer that is killing ....wait!
Rules 1 and 2.