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Tag: Faulty logic

January 3, 2013 dbward

Yes, context does count, in pictures and in words

Let’s consider the importance of context. Context allows us to put things into perspective. It helps us delve beneath the surface and understand deeper meanings. In life, context nourishes spirituality.

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December 5, 2012 dbward

Factual, yes. Helpful, no. Confusing, definitely.

Done right, context elevates understanding. Done wrong, it distorts or confuses. Place the example above in the confusion pile. It’s from an AP story about two winners of the $587.5

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June 8, 2011 dbward

How to turn a squirrel into a Web celebrity

  I stumbled across this squirrel a few days ago on the website of a Washington television station. Poor critter. It was blamed for blacking out parts of Bethesda, Md.

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May 27, 2011 dbward

Believe what you read? It might just cost you

I can’t resist poking fun at signs like this. The absurdity speaks for itself. Nonetheless, when I run across this type of tag, I can never tell whether the store

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April 18, 2011 dbward

The weak in review: Typos, solar-powered birds and the American mind

  It’s spring, and a grizzled editor’s fancy turns to thoughts of the bizarre.   (If you were expecting love, try Tennyson, who looks far more grizzled than I.)  

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