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Article: A failure of accuracy and neutrality; The newspaper needs to do a better job fully describing the scope of legislation to ban same-sex marriage and its legal equivalent.(NEWS)(reader's representative: Opinion Exchange)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- March 26, 2006
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Byline: Kate Parry; Staff Writer
Anyone who has tried to sell something knows how important it is to put your product in the best light, describing it in a way likely to make the most people choose it.
In politics and government, that's called spin. This time of year, with the Legislature in session, there's so much of it going on in St. Paul it's remarkable the Capitol dome isn't whirling like a roulette wheel.
It's the job of journalists to sniff out spin and do their best to expose it and neutralize the language. That's why the Star Tribune, and most newspapers, don't use the phrases "prochoice" and "prolife" in news stories describing ...