- By Jim Evans
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SMART TALK by Dr. Viva Palaver
DOOMED TO FAILURE: Media monitors at the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired have noticed this redundancy a lot, even on the few TV and radio stations that reach Underbelly, Texas. As staff psychologist at the institute, I find this faux pas worrisome for more than linguistic reasons.
Partisan news writers and commentators can't just say the President's plan is doomed, which means headed straight to failure, but they must beat a dying plan and call it doomed to failure. Is this linguistic impairment or sadism?
Or does this focus on failure say more about the speaker? Perhaps he or she feels abiding fear and anger, which are clear symptoms of depression.
Either way, I hope they get help from a qualified professional.
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