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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBorowitz: Nation Stunned That There Is Someone in White House Capable of Writing an Editorial
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Millions of Americans were startled by the revelation on Wednesday afternoon that there was someone working in the Trump White House capable of writing an entire editorial, reports indicate.
In a nation already rocked by a series of bombshells since Labor Day, the news that an anonymous senior White House official had the command of the English language necessary to compose a seemingly coherent Op-Ed piece suitable for publication in a major newspaper was perhaps the most improbable development of all.
Davis Logsdon, a professor of linguistics at the University of Minnesota, said that a team of language experts under his supervision has studied the Op-Ed word by word and is in a state of disbelief that someone currently working for Donald J. Trump could have written it.
There are complete sentences, there are well-structured paragraphs, there is subject-verb agreement, he said. This does not appear to be the work of any White House staffer were familiar with.
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Based on the mastery of language that we see here, its not Sarah Huckabee Sanders, John Kelly, Stephen Miller, or Kellyanne Conway, and its definitely not Jared, he said.
In a nation already rocked by a series of bombshells since Labor Day, the news that an anonymous senior White House official had the command of the English language necessary to compose a seemingly coherent Op-Ed piece suitable for publication in a major newspaper was perhaps the most improbable development of all.
Davis Logsdon, a professor of linguistics at the University of Minnesota, said that a team of language experts under his supervision has studied the Op-Ed word by word and is in a state of disbelief that someone currently working for Donald J. Trump could have written it.
There are complete sentences, there are well-structured paragraphs, there is subject-verb agreement, he said. This does not appear to be the work of any White House staffer were familiar with.
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Based on the mastery of language that we see here, its not Sarah Huckabee Sanders, John Kelly, Stephen Miller, or Kellyanne Conway, and its definitely not Jared, he said.
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/nation-stunned-that-there-is-someone-in-white-house-capable-of-writing-an-editorial
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Borowitz: Nation Stunned That There Is Someone in White House Capable of Writing an Editorial (Original Post)
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Sep 2018
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Gothmog
(145,355 posts)1. I love good satire
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)2. Brilliant!
I love Andy! He's a national treasure.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)3. That's a gooder!
TomSlick
(11,101 posts)4. Given the nature of the piece,
Shouldn't the last sentence be: This does not appear to be the work of any White House staffer with whom we are familiar?
treestar
(82,383 posts)5. Definitely not Jared
Solly Mack
(90,775 posts)6. Hehe