If I understand it correctly, this "ban" applies to grant requests and related documents--in order to make them less susceptible to the current administration's biases.
If I understand it correctly, this "ban" applies to grant requests and related documents--in order to make them less susceptible to the current administration's biases.
It looks to me like this is a big nothing burger, with fries.Originally Posted by CathyA
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/h...T.nav=top-news
It appears that someone within the CDC decided they may have a better chance of getting their budget approved if they used language they perceived not to be inflammatory to a Republican Congress. I think the headline should read "Condescending career employees use social engineering badly".
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
Got it. Thanks for setting me straight. "Straight" is an OK word to use, though, right?
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It is in my world, but you may want to check your local codes.Got it. Thanks for setting me straight. "Straight" is an OK word to use, though, right?
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
alan, you did exactly what I hoped you would do, track down the source and context of the “Order against banned words.”
The fear and loathing expressed here in hysterical levels was all over something that didnt ring true to me. But given that I still hold a shred of respect for WashPo even on a slow news Friday when they chose to release this “news” I didnt go there. Thanks for going there.
"Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it." - Jonathon Swift
It is the tragedy of our hysterically hyperpartisan era that the presidential censorship meme will probably garner much more creedence than the emotionally unsatisfying truth. Trump seems to have corrupted the critical thinking powers of both his supporters and detractors equally.
Yeah, but isn't it unfortunate that you have to leave out very direct/precise words, in order to get the Republican congress to okay funding? And wouldn't that lead to more problems, if they okay'd funding, then realized what it was really for?
Don’t look now but I think we just took a step toward being great again. We don’t accept news as fact and actively filter out fake news. Well done!
Except that, no one has to leave out words in order to get the Republican congress to okay funding.
If you think bureaucrats haven't been pandering to what they believe to be the sensibilities of funding bodies since the dawn of civilization, you are an admirably innocent person.
If you think professional politicians are such strangers to the pandering arts that they can easily be taken in, you are an extraordinarily innocent person. Remember, these are the people who gave us the "Affordable Care Act" and the "Patriot Act".
Apparently such extraordinary people exist within the CDC. This incident says more about them than it does the GOP congress.
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