What Happens When You Cross A Line

Standards are standards for a reason

Jaci Clement
Thoughts And Ideas
Published in
3 min readFeb 17, 2022

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Liar.

There was a time when the news media did not use that word.

It’s a standard that was abandoned — wildly — about a handful of years ago. Now, with just a cursory glance at the news, you’ll find the word bandied about on-air and in headlines on a fairly continuous basis. In fact, it…

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Jaci Clement
Thoughts And Ideas

Considered the most influential media scholar in the world today, Jaci Clement has been working for and with news media since the fourth grade.