Fun With Journalism

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  1. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    Fun With Journalism

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    Okay, so, the AP Bigstory↱ URL includes the phrase "obama-putin-agree-continue-seeking-deal-syria". The headline reads, "Obama cancels meeting with new Philippine president". The article content is a bumbling jalope ride:

    • ¶ 1-10 cover Phillipine President Rodrigo Dutarte trash-talking President Obama, leading to the cancellation of their planned meeting.

    • ¶ 11-13 attend a strange episode in Hangzhou in which President Obama departed Air Force One via an onboard staircase rarely used.

    • ¶ 14 notes Obama's stop in Laos.

    • ¶ 15 considers Turkish President Ergodan and the failed coup.

    • ¶ 16-17 mention Obama's meeting with Vladimir Putin, and then establish a transition back to Dutarte.

    • ¶ 18-21 discuss the history and "growng headache" of Rodrigo Duterte, including his similar insults of Secretary of State Kerry and Pope Francis, as well as his denigration of the late Jacqueline Hamill.​

    What apparently started out as a wire report about Presidents Obama and Putin transformed into something of a swerving, farcical tour of the strangeness―also known as just another day―about statecraft.

    But, you know ... yeah. Sounds like a hell of a trip.
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    Lederman, Josh and Kathleen Hennessey. "Obama cancels meeting with new Philippine president" The Big Story. 5 September 2016. BigStory.AP.org. 5 September 2016. http://apne.ws/2c78fap
     
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  3. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    This one is pretty straightforward: Check the headline, double-check the URL.

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    Kaufmann, Scott Eric. "David Brooks: The GOP doesn't realize 'this is a Joe McCarthy moment'―history will judge them for where they stood". Salon. 29 April 2016. Salon.com. 6 September 2016. http://bit.ly/2cjuDwS
     
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  5. sculptor Valued Senior Member

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    gee Tiassa

    you must be really bored?

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    shades of jfk?
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