Call it the award-winning person of interest
By William M. Hartnett on May 29, 2008 in newspapers, whinging
Just getting this on the record: I still personally hate anyone who has ever used a “Call it a/the case of …” lede (including, unless I’m very much mistaken, myself many years ago in a weak and foolish moment). Also, “person of interest” is a stupidly meaningless and especially annoying example of cop talk that should never be used again ever by anyone anywhere. Too, descriptions of anyone as “award-winning” without an explanation of which awards and their relevance to the story at hand are dumb and only a poopy-head would use them.
That is all.
Actually, this is all: I hate “to be sure” and “in a wide-ranging interview,” too.
