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Washington Post‘s John Kelly has a bone to pick: “Why is it that TV reporters like to say, ‘We can tell you . . .’? The Channel 5 guys are the worst:”
“We can tell you a tornado destroyed the balloon factory.”
“We can tell you the robber was wearing full Kabuki makeup and carrying a long-haired dachshund.”
“It’s like they think they’re letting us in on a little secret. Oooooo, they can tell us something.”
“But isn’t that their job? To tell us something? Why make such a big deal out of it? Instead of saying, ‘We can tell you the police believe the assailant used a frozen kielbasa to bludgeon the victim,’ why don’t they just say, ‘Police believe the assailant used a frozen kielbasa to bludgeon the victim’?
“The fact that they are telling us sort of implies that they can tell us.
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