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High Noon: Should Media Use ‘GOP’?

Posted by DFO

Feb. 3, 2012 12:14 p.m. • 13 comments

From FRAN FRIED to Romansko.com: This is something that’s been on the back of my mind for a long time — the media’s use of the acronym “GOP” to describe the Republican Party. I know it makes things easier for copy editors like me in an era of narrowed web widths, but simply: Isn’t “Grand Old Party” a form of editorializing? (And “Just because it’s always been done that way” isn’t a legit response …) More here.

Question: Well, should the media refer to the Republican Party as “GOP”?

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