Journalists should quote speechwriters more often
December 19, 2013
AP story on holiday shopping sports snappy use of anathypophora by speechwriter
Oh, snap! Speechwriter pulls anthypophora on the Associated Press! In a story on the continuing trend toward online shopping, the AP this week quoted random shoppers, including, of all people, “Jessica Danielle, a speechwriter who plans to do the bulk of her Christmas shopping on Amazon.”
Why? The speechwriter tells us why. “’All the time spent going to brick-and-mortar stores, is it worth my time?’ asked Danielle, 31, who lives in Washington, D.C. ‘I don’t think so.’”