Re: NPR has learned

"Jim Ellwanger" <usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <68hg6tF2tc7rbU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Mikko Peltoniemi <mikkopel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> xhoster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>>
>> > 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?
>>
>> I've heard BBC use it, albeit not very often.
>
> I've heard it on various TV networks and local stations.  "NBC News has
> learned..."  "NewsChannel 4 has learned..."


I always find it a bit grating whenever they announce that the news
is coming from "NBC World Headquarters".

Who put them in charge of the world?

Don