Friday, June 19, 2009

A Bit Ambiguous

I did a double-take at the first sentence of this Denver Post article:
A Thornton restaurateur who served Peking duck to President George W. Bush — along with several Democratic and Republican politicos — could serve 20 years in federal prison on a charge of laundering money connected to a marijuana distribution ring.
Wait - several Democratic and Republican politicos were involved in a marijuana distribution ring?

Oh, no, they just ate Peking duck. Well that's better.

3 comments:

Sally said...

lol...definitely the fact that he served various politicians Chinese food is the most relevant fact here. This is like a parody of stupid reporter writing.

Also, didn't they rename Peking duck as "Beijing duck"? Calling it "Peking" is surely culturally insensitive. We expect this of W., but of a Thornton restauranteur slash money launderer?

Tam said...

The emphasis was bizarre. I guess they wanted a hook to tell you why you should care, but the hook (a) is stupid, and (b) was written in a misleading (I thought) way.

Sally said...

Their idea of why I should care is not very compelling.