Originally posted by Davo:
'They' refers to the media. I guess I was wrong to assume they would give that assertion as much scrutiny as they would something Bush said. I used to think the gods in the media were smart enough to know the difference between heart palpitations and a heart attack. But I don't disagree with the doctor's lack of confidence in the media's intelligence, which led him to give them a term they would understand ('heart attack') instead of one they may have problems with ('heart palpitations'). I, too, would count the syllables in a word before using it to describe something to the media.
Acting as spokesman for the hospital, the administrator is a primary source. The media therefore had no reason to scrutinize his comments. If the administrator had said Cheney's buddy was having palpitations, would you expect the media to scrutinize that comment as well?
Also, do you have a source for your assertion that the administrator's statement was purposely incorrect rather than a mistake?
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