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On First Reference
Is it too stuffy and old-fashioned to assume that, when referring to a United States Senator, the respect of a title should be used? Newsday covered a day of appearances yesterday by Sen. Hillary Clinton on Long Island. Headline: Hillary tours Long Island When the senior U.S. senator from New York visits Long Island, Newsday refrains from similar headlines, like, Chuck Comes To Cutchogue. Or when the governor of the state visits, George Galavants To Glen Cove. When Robert Kennedy was U.S. senator from New York, were there headlines like, Bobby Brakes In Brentwood? Or Jacob Javits? Jake Jaunts To Jericho? This isn't a conservative or liberal issue. It's a respect issue. Why do women get the first-name treatment and men don't? By Ed Moltzen · 3 August 2005
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AARP Magazine, the largest circulation magazine in America, has our esteemed (presumably AARP-qualifying 50-year old) Secretary of State on its most recent cover. She's also the diplomatic face of America across the globe. And by virtue of that, she's also our best mouthpiece for world peace and democracy. And she's been successful at reversing a lot of preconceived notions of her by other nations as she ticks off her visits to them, one at a time. And yet she's honored by AARP wiith the following headline: CONDI! Posted by: Roy at August 3, 2005 03:13 PMI'm on the fence on whether I want to agree with your point here. In some ways "Hillary" is like Cher or Madonna (there must be some masculine first-name-only ones, right?) Plus, to just use just "Clinton" in a headline would be confusing. "Sen. Clinton" sounds overly formal for a headline. ... Sure there are other ways around it, but I'm not sure if Hillary alone in a headline is always inappropriate Posted by: Amy at August 4, 2005 10:50 AMPost a comment
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