Boing Boing » weasel words http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 19:59:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Journalism cliché of the day http://boingboing.net/2012/07/20/journalism-cliche-of-the-day.html http://boingboing.net/2012/07/20/journalism-cliche-of-the-day.html#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:53:48 +0000 Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/?p=172224

The Telegraph's swiftly-deleted article about the "curse" of Batman movies (still live here) is not, however, today's craziest coverage of the shootings in Colorado. That prize surely goes to Nikki Finke: "It is a very real possibility this terrifying tragedy may affect The Dark Knight Rises‘s opening box office today and this weekend." [Deadline Hollywood via Gawker.]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/07/20/journalism-cliche-of-the-day.html/feed 12