FBI SAYS A MAN BEING QUESTIONED BY AUTHORITIES IN THE BOSTON BOMBING PROBE **

SHOOTING INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN ORLANDO, FL, WHERE AN A FBI AGENT AND OTHER **

FBI SPOX SAYS THE AGENT ACTED ON AN IMMINENT THREAT AND SHOT THE INTERVIEW **

AGENT WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES **

THREE WOMEN RESCUED AFTER BEING HELD CAPTIVE IN A CLEVELAND HOUSE FOR ABOUT **

MESSAGE WAS RELAYED IN A LETTER RELEASED BY THEIR ATTORNEYS **

LETTER SAYS AMANDA BERRY, GINA DEJESUS AND MICHELLE KNIGHT ARE HAPPY AND **

SALES OF PREVIOUSLY-OCCUPIED HOMES TICKED UP LAST MONTH TO THE HIGHEST **

NATL ASSOC OF REALTORS SAYS SALES ROSE TO A SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE **

HOME SALES HAVE RISEN 9.7% IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS **

FED RESERVE CHMN BEN BERNANKE TELLS CONGRESS THAT THE U.S. JOB MARKET **

BERNANKE REPORTS PROGRESS BUT SAYS HIGHER TAXES AND DEEP FED SPENDING CUTS **

HE SAYS REDUCING FED EFFORTS TO KEEP BORROWING RATES LOW WOULD "CARRY A **

IRS OFFICIAL AT THE HEAD OF THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE AGENCY'S TARGETING OF **

LOIS LERNER, WHO HEADS THE OFFICE THAT DECIDES WHETHER GROUPS QUALIFY FOR **

SHE DID SO AS A WITNESS BEFORE THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT AND GOVT REFORM CMTE, **

UN CONTINUES RECEIVING REPORTS THAT CHEMICAL WEAPONS WERE USED IN SYRIA AS **

PRES BASHAR ASSAD'S REGIME AND REBELS EACH ACCUSE THE OTHER SIDE OF USING **

A UN TEAM HAS BEEN READY TO INVESTIGATE THE CLAIMS FOR MORE THAN A MONTH, **

SECY OF STATE JOHN KERRY SAYS U.S. AND ITS EUROPEAN AND ARAB ALLIES WILL **

KERRY SUGGESTED THAT PRES OBAMA WOULDN'T SEND U.S. TROOPS TO SYRIA, BUT HE **


 

What I hope you will never hear me say on TV! (If you do hear me say it, it is an accident)

1.  “go missing” — whatever happened to disappear? vanish?

2. “take a listen” — I understand “take a look” since it requires you to do something, but take a listen?  Are you not already listening?  I suppose if you were NOT already listening it would make sense to tell someone to ‘take a listen’ but if you were not already listening, how would you hear the direction to ‘take a listen?’

3.  “exclusive” — you have heard me complain about the gross overuse of this term.  I have not uttered it on air for at least 6-7 years.  I don’t know if there is such a thing as an exclusive….ok….maybe once a year someone has a real exclusive.  Exclusive has been so watered down in the TV business  to be meaningless.

Your turn — any phrases annoy you?









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