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Tongues of Steel (Idle Words)#

03.23.2003

Tongues of Steel

On this, Oscar night, we present the Georges Orwell and H.W. Bush Award for Most Careless Use of the English Language in Connection With a Persian Gulf War:

In third place, Pentagon spokesman General Abizaid, for referring to an American setback as "both tragic and under investigation".

In second place, CNN, for their use of the phrase "pro-war protesters".

And in first place, ABC News, for the headline "A possible smoking gun found in Iraq"