Words matter. But, irony is delicious

Judy Hauser — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:06:32 +0000

Words matter. Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks learned first-hand this week just how much words matter. And, thanks to our bountiful English language with its sea of synonyms and idioms, the rest of us learned a boatload of ways to say, “What goes around, comes around.”

You could say it was kismet or karma or “just desserts.” Or, you could say, the media tycoon and the chief of his British newspaper division got a double-dose of their own medicine.

Mr. Murdoch and Ms. Brooks not only became the tabloid fodder of the very kind of sensational headlines …

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Words matter. But, irony is delicious