"DSK" . . . . I think reducing a newsworthy person to initials trivializes the entire story.

JFK

MLK

RFK

JBJ

OBL

KSM

WJC

the EverMoron single initial that is Dubya

HRC

. . . and the latest . . . .

DSK for the head of the IMF, now in the clink on sexual assault and rape charges.





What does it save to reduce these people to initials? It isn't as if we're getting our news on the old Arpanet, or even texting on a 9 button keypad.

I think it is laziness and, worse. It is a part - albeit minor - of the morphing of news and entertainment. Back in the 60s, JFK was such an unusual way to refer to a president, it wasn't nearly so trivial. Over the years it has gotten, in my view, completely out of hand.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/16/dominique-strauss-khan-tristane-banon?CMP=twt_gu

Per the article above that is how he is known in France.

DSK, as he is known in France, will now stay in prison until his next court hearing on May 20. He faces charges of attempted rape, sex abuse, a criminal sex act, unlawful imprisonment and forcible touching and could face up to 25 years in prison.

Sorry SC, but the laziness might be from you. No offense.

All clean/All pure/With a 30-second attention span...

That's America, baby. Deal!

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Obviously you see it differently.

But rolling on the floor laughing? Did you actually do that when you read this post? Roll on the floor? Laugh out loud?

Or was it more along the lines "Oh, here's my chance to take a shot at a poster I despise?"

Go 'head. You can admit it. There was no floor rolls cum guffaws, were there?

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:rofl:

rofl = rolling on the futon laughing

I was recently accused of the same thing.
Disagree = despise
OMG, don't unrec!!!

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Did you, too, get down on the floor and roll around?

count them

Did you ever play football?

Can I pinch your cheeks?

or Keith" or "Russ" or...

Referring to famous people, ESPECIALLY those we like, by their first name makes me uncomfortable, but I don't think it's worthy of commenting when I see it, either. YMMV. :shrug:

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Like this?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3499076&mesg_id=3499076

There's a certain gravitas in using a person's name.

What we call the same person is inconsequential as we don't have the power to shape opinins in any meaningul sort of way.

Everytime I see the name Dominique, I start signing that french nun song... Dominique nique nique

IMF and all...

love to use because it sounds like Obama.

And DSK has a long and -- for Americans -- hard to spell name. Writing DSK is just a convenience.

"LBJ took the IRT
Down to 4th Street USA
When he got there
What did he see?
The youth of America on LSD

LBJ IRT
USA LSD

LSD LBJ
FBI CIA

FBI CIA
LSD LBJ"

I've still got the vinyl album . . .


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Sorry.

;-)

:P

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is when "newscasters" trivialize a story by emoting their ways through it.

I have a list of newscasters I love to hate. They report the news like they're telling a story to a bunch of 5 year olds.

It's insulting.


As for reducing a person's name to initials and how it trivializes a story, I don't see it that way. In fact, I sort of like it. Especially with regards to people whose names I've seen shortened like that for decades. JFK...RFK...FDR...LBJ... I get mental images of the faces I've always associated with those initials.

But really, what bugs me is the almost party-like atmosphere at the news stations when they're reporting the news.

I miss Walter Cronkite and his mostly deadpan delivery.

eg BHL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/jun/15/society

VGE: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val%C3%A9ry_Giscard_d%27Estaing

CLS: http://affinitiz.net/space/meslectures/content/tristes-tropiques---claude-levi-strauss--cls-_DB9B6DC6-684F-44D7-B145-F6EAF85BC3E5

as in TSK, TSK