Archive for October, 2006

Hyperbole 101

NBC Universal Chairman and CEO Bob Wright has dropped the hyperbole limbo stick to an all-time low, essentially arguing, in a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, that entertainment piracy is the economic equivalent of terrorism.
“Five years ago we learned, tragically, that our physical security is under attack,” he told the audience at [...]

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Doublespeak 101

For those of you who are curious, this is how you respond, in public, to an allegation that you screwed up really badly. In this case, the allegations seem to be true, so you can’t just claim that whomever put them forward is lying. So what you have to do instead is engage in a [...]

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