Popular Media Description of Coffee Party and Similar Tiny Lefty Groups: ‘Small But Vocal’
Whoever is compiling a list of what journalists really believe when they put forth certain vague but commonly used phrases (e.g., using “some people believe” instead of truthfully saying “in my opinion”) should consider adding the following: “small but vocal group” really means “a tiny bunch of people I agree with.” That's my assessment as I look at two uses of the term this past weekend, each referring to pathetically small gatherings of people using tax-filing weekend as a excuse to protest “corporate tax loopholes.” The first comes to us via David Roeder of the Chicago Sun-Times (HT JammieWearingFool via Instapundit ), where the paper's headline writers cooked up something that would give those who didn't read the underlying report the impression that the city's Tea Party Tax Day protest was small: Small but vocal group protests taxes
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