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- From: TKOZMA@cms.cc.wayne.edu
- Subject: Re: Expansion of alt.fan.rush-limbaugh proposed
- Message-ID: <168A3B412.TKOZMA@cms.cc.wayne.edu>
- Sender: news@uts.cc.wayne.edu (News)
- Organization: Wayne State University, C&IT
- References: <1992Nov14.161601.7874@anomaly.sbs.risc.net> <1992Nov16.180352.23544@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:47:58 GMT
- Lines: 13
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- In article <1992Nov16.180352.23544@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
- shapiro@cfsctc.enet.dec.com (Steve Shapiro) writes:
-
- >For example, when John posts the transcript, there are quite a few responses to
- In the interest of accurate terminology, I'd like to point out that what
- John posts are not transcripts but, in fact, summaries (as John himself
- correctly notes in the subject line of his posts). A transcript is a
- word-for-word recreation; a summary is a paraphrase. I've noticed this
- mistake made quite a few times in this newsgroup. It may seem a small
- matter but, believe me, for anyone who has ever transcribed or summarized
- a tape, there is a huge difference. The larger issue, though, is why
- anyone would actually devote the time and effort to summarizing over 15
- hours of radio broadcasts every week.
-