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>> "The group’s fight against inflation isn’t news." > Oh! What an unfortunate turn of phrase for someone to use to describe their topic. If even the reporter
by growt 9y ago
>> "The group’s fight against inflation isn’t news."
> Oh! What an unfortunate turn of phrase for someone to use to describe their topic. If even the reporter doesn't think this is newsworthy, why are they writing about it?
I think the author of the article is german (I'm german too) and this sentence is maybe a "false friend". What she most likely meant is that the groups goals are already well known.
- mfukar 9y agoThe phrase is used in English to convey the same meaning, as well. The GP is probably being intentionally dense for some effect that eludes me.
- alberto_ol 9y agoI assume the author is Sabine Hossenfelder http://backreaction.blogspot.it/p/about.html http://backreaction.blogspot.it/p/about.html