If I read one more "So and So slams So and So or Such and Such" headline, I'm going to puke on the computer.
It's indicative of two things:
1) The laziness of contemporary journalism, where it's much easier to write and report on "he said this quote, then she responded with this quote" stories;
2) The public's appetite for gossipy personal drama over facts that might actually impact them. Somewhere, somebody has done a study that shows headlines that include "slam" generate more clicks.
Here's a random sampling from the past week or so:
James Carville slams Obama
Deputy FM slams Vatican communique as libel against Jews
Taylor Swift slams Kanye West
Iraqi PM Slams Timing Of WikiLeaks Revelations
BJP slams Kashmir interlocutors for Pak remark
Archbishop Dolan Slams New York Times for Bias
Glenn Beck slams Tides Foundation, George Soros over boycott threat
Zaragoza Coach Jose Aurelio Gay Slams Referee In Wake Of Barcelona Loss
Steve Jobs SLAMS Competitors In Lengthy Rant
Sharron Angle SLAMMED By Tea Party Rival Jon Scott Ashjian: 'She Lies'
Conway's Attack On Paul Slammed By Fellow Dems
Arianna Slams Wall Street On CNN's 'Parker Spitzer': They're Not Making Things, They're Making Things Up
Olbermann Slams O'Reilly For 'View' Comments: 'Bigot And Islamophobe'
Gardner Slams Markey On Immigration Stance
Marijuana Legalization Group SAFER Slams Hickenlooper, Lauds Tancredo
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