Comments on: Rundown 10/26 http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/10/rundown-1026/ National and international news analysis, film, theater, music and more, from WBUR and PRI Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:46:06 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: William Whitworth http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/10/rundown-1026/comment-page-1/#comment-3414 William Whitworth Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:44:02 +0000 http://www.hereandnow.org/?p=3623#comment-3414 Where is the list of musical inserts played on this show on Monday? Where is the list of musical inserts played on this show on Monday?

]]> By: Jerry Lanson - News Prints – She’ll settle for nothing short of plain English - True/Slant http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/10/rundown-1026/comment-page-1/#comment-3413 Jerry Lanson - News Prints – She’ll settle for nothing short of plain English - True/Slant Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:21:26 +0000 http://www.hereandnow.org/?p=3623#comment-3413 [...] 30 years ago, Maher told WBUR’s Robin Young, “I decided I would do something about [...] [...] 30 years ago, Maher told WBUR’s Robin Young, “I decided I would do something about [...]

]]> By: ASP http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/10/rundown-1026/comment-page-1/#comment-3412 ASP Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:15:25 +0000 http://www.hereandnow.org/?p=3623#comment-3412 Re: Plain English Campaign Thanks for the news story. It makes a lot of sense to make communication as simple as as possible so that it is accessible to more people. It is not in the best interest of many companies to be straightforward in their commercials, but, I think the FCC (instead of going after Family Guy and such) should act more like FDA. For instance, if a company's advertisement misleads (based on a mathematically sound survey/experiment) the viewers, is not the company culpable? Very often many companies sugarcoat or downplay the downside of their service or product and highlight the upside. Maybe FTC should be involved too, but the bottom line is that any purposefully circuitous communication should be discouraged to make the marketplace more efficient. It is going to benefit us all. BTW, I thought you might be interested in this web site: www.plainlanguage.gov Re: Plain English Campaign

Thanks for the news story. It makes a lot of sense to make communication as simple as as possible so that it is accessible to more people.

It is not in the best interest of many companies to be straightforward in their commercials, but, I think the FCC (instead of going after Family Guy and such) should act more like FDA. For instance, if a company’s advertisement misleads (based on a mathematically sound survey/experiment) the viewers, is not the company culpable?

Very often many companies sugarcoat or downplay the downside of their service or product and highlight the upside. Maybe FTC should be involved too, but the bottom line is that any purposefully circuitous communication should be discouraged to make the marketplace more efficient. It is going to benefit us all.

BTW, I thought you might be interested in this web site: http://www.plainlanguage.gov

]]> By: sjsj http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/10/rundown-1026/comment-page-1/#comment-3410 sjsj Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:24:16 +0000 http://www.hereandnow.org/?p=3623#comment-3410 PLAIN ENGLISH -- Can you please get NPR News to replace the word Deficit with the word "over spent". Try it!! Look at a news article with the word deficit, re-word it with over spent federal budget. Makes thing so much more clearer. Nobody sits at the kitchen table and figures up their bills and credit cards and say's "our deficit is $2000" No they say we are OVER SPENDING by $2000. PLAIN ENGLISH — Can you please get NPR News to replace the word Deficit with the word “over spent”. Try it!! Look at a news article with the word deficit, re-word it with over spent federal budget. Makes thing so much more clearer.
Nobody sits at the kitchen table and figures up their bills and credit cards and say’s “our deficit is $2000″ No they say we are OVER SPENDING by $2000.

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