Re: NPR has learned

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 wrote in news:20080508181050.809$VH@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In the Bloch-age of Justice, the NPR re****ting always starts with "NPR
> has learned that...".  I don't notice that formula being used for
> other news stories.  Does the phraseology mean something special?

When they use this phrase, it's generally used to imply they're scooping 
other media outlets with this disclosure, particularly with info from a 
special source.  When you read this, for example, 

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90298257

they have super special sources providing them with the info that Bloch
was 
subject to a personal search for the thumbdrives he carried.  

A story about, say, latest public pronouncements by the President and 
Congressional leaders wouldn't include the phrase "XYZ has learned."

The phrase isn't obligitory in this type of re****ting.  Sometimes it gets 
inserted into a story as a prod to re****ters from other joints that this
is 
a scoop and they're jerks if they don't credit the place first re****ting 
the news.      It may be that their re****ting has gotten stolen without 
proper credit.  

Other times a cheesy outfit will insert the phrase into articles just to 
try to pump up an otherwise insignificant bit of news.