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Monday, September 11, 2006 12:00 AM

The Olbermann factor

The MSNBC maverick gives Salon the countdown on his anti-Bush orations, battling with Bill O'Reilly, and the nauseating truth about cable news.
By Alex Koppelman

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  • Monday, September 11, 2006 01:02 AM

    A Screed?

    I am going to be Ms. Picky word maven. I don't think you really meant that Olbermann's editorial is a "screed".

    A screed is a term of criticism, meaning a "long monotonous harangue", according to my dictionary.

    Perhaps you meant "peroration". That means (1) a flowery and highly rhetorical oration, and (2) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration".

    I'm just doing my bit to turn back the erosion of our language.

    Humourlessly yours,

    Katherine Collins

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