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Moody: Some props for “Jennifer” Comments

Feb2

Jennifer “can be a total blonde at times.” Ya think?

When are names left out? Comments

May14

Continuing our discussion about naming names, Dennis pointed out to me in an e-mail – accurately – that sometimes we don’t. Particularly, he noted, sometimes the police report contains names and sometimes it doesn’t.

This was my response…

When and why we name names Comments

May13

I had a really interesting e-mail exchange this morning with Dennis Dugan, who writes “Rhetorical Wasteland,” about how we make decisions to publicize people’s names.

Dennis objected to the news story published online late Monday that named the 32 people being laid off from their jobs with the Lebanon Community School District. I received the names in a packet given out at a meeting Monday of the Lebanon School Board. Specifically, here’s an excerpt from his post: