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Wouldn'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 cond
by throwaway_e66m 5y ago
Wouldn'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...
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> What is the debt limit?
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> 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?
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> 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.”