Posts tagged Language
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Breakfast links: Greener except on the Green Line
Uncutting transit; No Metro after late Nats games?; Good job Cavan!; FOX supports transit yesterday; Moran introduces national bag fee; More for the Mall; Vehicle hits man, reporter ignores driver; Too aggressive; UMD deletes garages; How about zig-zags?; Fenty’s $4,000 bike and other facts; Shopping to housing in Germantown; Not what we meant, Mendo. Keep reading…
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Will Columbia Heights inevitably subdivide?
Last week, Columbia Heights residents and the ANC objected to proposed banners that seemed to be rebranding a segment of 14th Street, from Irving to Shepherd, as “Tivoli North.” Many argued that Columbia Heights is just beginning to develop a citywide reputation as a desirable place to go, and didn’t like the impression that businesses were shying away from the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not an accident
Police won’t charge Swanson’s killer; Really not an accident; They need Leon; ZipSegwayCar?; Kauai residents repair road themselves; Vacant schools draw bids; Splitting comments should be fixed. Keep reading…
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Two cases where reporters, police don’t dismiss crashes
This morning’s Washington Post car crash story, the latest in a sadly regular chain, avoids the “man killed from striking fast-moving bullet” fallacy, the excessive passive voice, and the misleading use of the word “accident” that mar much traffic crash reporting. The story still doesn’t assign any criminal responsibility, since that’s… Keep reading…
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Excessive passive voice, linguistic detachment observed in Culpeper road fatality
No news story ever began saying, “A person was killed yesterday when he collided with a bullet moving at high speed in the opposite direction.” Yet that’s exactly how news stories about traffic “accidents” often begin, like this Post story: Keep reading…
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14 year-old cyclist killed. Will safety improvements follow?
A 14 year-old girl was killed at 5:45 pm Friday while trying to cross Ritchie Highway (Route 2) on her bicycle in Pasadena, in Anne Arundel County. Police say the girl was at fault since she was wearing dark clothing, did not have lights and was not at a marked crossing. As a result, the driver will not face charges. Keep reading…
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Thoughts on bicycle safety
If you’ve missed the comment threads here and here about yesterday’s bicycle fatality, here’s a quick guide to some important points. Keep reading…
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Bike death was a “right hook” cyclist broke no laws
MPD has released some information on this morning’s bicycle fatality. As many commenters surmised, the cyclist (Alice Swanson of Mount Pleasant) was headed west on R when she was struck by the truck turning right from R onto 20th. The complete MPD release is after the jump. This “right hook” is a leading cause of bicycle deaths. This news video says that both… Keep reading…