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Yes, if I’m reading an English-language paper I want them to use the proper language. Don’t explain to me what “budget reconciliation” is, just write “budget re
by jdavis703 5y ago
Yes, if I’m reading an English-language paper I want them to use the proper language. Don’t explain to me what “budget reconciliation” is, just write “budget reconciliation.” On the off chance there’s a word or phrase I don’t know, I can look it up.
- throwaway_e66m 5y agoWouldn't the same apply to e.g. the New York Times [1] and the Washington Post [2], etc.? I find any article with "explainer" in the title to be extremely condescending; it seems to me that no newspaper has a monopoly on dumbing down topics. [1] From https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/politics/us-debt-ceiling.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/politics/us-debt-ceili...: > All of this drama raises the question of what the debt limit really is... > > What is the debt limit? > > The debt limit is a cap on the total amount of money that the federal government is authorized to borrow to fulfill its financial obligations. [2] From https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/09/18/everything-you-need-to-know-about-why-the-government-might-shut-down/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/09/18/every...: > What's a continuing resolution? > > It's a bill that tells the federal government's agencies, “Keep on spending like you've been spending till we can actually come to some agreement on how much you should be spending.”