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Old 12-21-2008, 05:38 PM   #419
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Originally Posted by Resident 2B View Post

My opinion is when you quote someone, you should not 'bold-up' normal font to imbellish your position. That is clearly adding spin to enhance your point and really unfair.


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I don't think he was doing that to embellish his position, just to point out the "offending" comment. Had he NOT bolded it, I (and likely several others) might have never realized the offensive statement in question. Otherwise, I do agree with the sentiment of your post, but I don't think that was the case here.

The above being said, it does seem that "the media" often gets facts wrong, mangles things they don't understand and leaps to conclusions as if it's an Olympic event at times.

Skip always seems like a decent guy in his replies, I doubt he was trying to rankle anyone purposefully. If the linked-to article or comments contained errors, it's hardly his fault for pointing that out.
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