Vintage Jet Slams Into Homes Near Air Show

Using the word crash would miss the sensationalism. Gotta use the word
"slams". Comes from a special journalist's thesauruses.

-Robert



Skylune wrote:
by "Robert M. Gary" Jul 17, 2006 at 10:50 AM


So it "slams" in to a house vs. just "crashed" into a house.



Critical distinction there. (Somewhere...) One home completely
destroyed. Two others aflame.

Yeah. Don't want to "sensationalize" a jet crashing into a (fortunately
vacant) home, and destroying it. Neighbors describing the "explosion"
should also be more understanding that words like that are inflammatory...

Skylune wrote:
Yeah. Don't want to "sensationalize" a jet crashing into a (fortunately
vacant) home, and destroying it.

Exactly. There is no need to add sensationalism.

-Robert

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
ups.com...

Exactly. There is no need to add sensationalism.

They didn't. They described it. The jet very clearly slammed into the home.

-c

gatt wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
ups.com...

Exactly. There is no need to add sensationalism.

They didn't. They described it. The jet very clearly slammed into the home.

-c

Slammed is a word that doesn't need to be included. It's pretty subjective.

"Emily" wrote in message
...

Slammed is a word that doesn't need to be included. It's pretty
subjective.

What exact difference does it make? What does it change? Journalists
aren't hired for their ability to undramatize the dramatic, and the jet
slammed into a house. It didn't strike, it didn't impact, it didn't bounce
off of, it didn't land on, they didn't collide...it smashed into the friggin
house.

It hit the house and friggin' exploded. Er, if that's too incriminating or
something, let's just say it combusted? The entire house is gone. Almost
no wreckage of the house remained an hour afterward, let alone the plane.
The houses next to it looked like a plane had crashed into them. The house
that the plane slammed into didn't look like it, 'cause there isn't much
left but scorched earth, dirt and random debris.

There's no point in dumbing down or deceiving the public. It slammed into
the house, and the last time I checked, slammed is a word and its primary
definition of slam is "strike." It would be ludicrous to deny that the
plane struck the house, and the word is no more subjective than "crashed
into."

-c

gatt wrote:
"Emily" wrote in message
...

Slammed is a word that doesn't need to be included. It's pretty
subjective.

What exact difference does it make? What does it change? Journalists
aren't hired for their ability to undramatize the dramatic, and the jet
slammed into a house. It didn't strike, it didn't impact, it didn't bounce
off of, it didn't land on, they didn't collide...it smashed into the friggin

Yes, it did strike, it did impact, and it did collide. Yet the media
uses the word slammed.

You know, I grew up with a couple of military officers for parents, who
viewed the media as a necessary evil. I didn't understand why until I
started flying.

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 23:13:48 +0000, gatt wrote:

Er, if that's too incriminating
or something, let's just say it combusted?

Engaged in an uncontained but brief exothermic event?

The entire house is gone.

House has received the beginning of a complete reconstruction. For free!

Almost no wreckage of the house remained an hour afterward, let alone the
plane.

The event was sanitary.

- Andrew

"gatt" wrote in message
...

It didn't strike, it didn't impact, it didn't bounce off of, it didn't
land on, they didn't collide...it smashed into the friggin house.


Now you've gone and confused the whole issue! Did it "Slam" into the house,
or did it "Smash" into the house?
Crash Lander

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 at 17:50:05 in message
, Emily
wrote:
gatt wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
roups.com...

Exactly. There is no need to add sensationalism.
They didn't. They described it. The jet very clearly slammed into
the home.
-c

Slammed is a word that doesn't need to be included. It's pretty subjective.

I always thought that Slams was a word that is often picked because it
is relatively short and fits into headlines better.

Political headline: 'A slams B over case'.

Slam and its variations is a multi-purpose word.
--
David CL Francis