On May 8, 8:31 pm, Scour Old Cereal Bowls
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> > 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.
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