more on Name Calling in the Martin-Tate Statement on the AT&T-BellSouth Merger

David Farber <[email protected]> Thu, 4 Jan 2007 15:19:03 -0500
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From: Glenn Fleishman <[email protected]>
Date: January 4, 2007 2:40:31 PM EST
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Subject: Re: [IP] Name Calling in the Martin-Tate Statement on the  
AT&T-BellSouth Merger

Rob Frieden <[email protected]> on 1/4/07 at 2:26 PM wrote:

> (quoting Chairman Martin):
>          Importantly, however, while the Democrat Commissioners may

Even more interesting, that's a form of insult. They are Democrats or  
Democratic Party appointnees, but calling them Democrat Commissioners  
instead of Democratic Commissioners is a form of coded insult:

<http://mediamatters.org/items/200608160005>

And in the New Yorker:

<http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/060807ta_talk_hertzberg>

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