A note from K.P. Nayar, Washington correspondent for the Kolkata's Telegraph, which he sent me with the subject line, "Readers' delight, journalist
The Hindu has published the following gem as the penultimate para in a front page story about the nuclear deal:
Some indication of what might be in store was provided by Richard Stratford, the State Department’s point-person for the technical talks with India in a recent pubic event in Washington.
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/20/stories/ 2008082055531200.htm Equally delightfully, AP had a similar gem in para 10 of a story by Nedra Pickler yesterday. I am giving below the offending para in question and the URL to the AP site.
His top contenders are said to include Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Less traditional choices mentioned include former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, an abortion-rights supporter, and Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential prick in 2000 who now is an independent.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxVW- aUPQsPkU0JKEleSPNCyxSsAD92L2HJ 80
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No, tell us how you REALLY feel, Nedra! Talk about your Freudian typos. I always suspected that when an AP writer has written too many by-the-book pieces, they want to break out in a big way.
Posted by: Chris | August 20, 2008 at 01:11 PM