Republicans who previously campaigned on a pro-life position are now ‘in a tough spot,’ experts say. Kelly Rissman speaks to GOP strategists and campaign managers about what’s going on behind the scenes
I really hate this “quietly deleting” / “quietly removing” trend in news headlines. Politico’s don’t “publicly announce” things they want to stop talking about, so it’s always going to be “quietly”. It’s not like their teams have to go into some secret room/SCIFF to remove a paragraph of text on a web page…
Seems quiet to me, in a metaphorical sense, if they delete something from PR page which they previously considered important enough to have as a campaign position, but without articulating a new position. They are obscuring their position.
You can hate it if you want, I guess, but isn’t that what they are doing? They know the polls are against them so they are flip flopping, to use Repub terms, but doing so in a cowardly fashion hoping no one will notice. But we’ve all noticed.
I really hate this “quietly deleting” / “quietly removing” trend in news headlines. Politico’s don’t “publicly announce” things they want to stop talking about, so it’s always going to be “quietly”. It’s not like their teams have to go into some secret room/SCIFF to remove a paragraph of text on a web page…
Seems quiet to me, in a metaphorical sense, if they delete something from PR page which they previously considered important enough to have as a campaign position, but without articulating a new position. They are obscuring their position.
It’s emphasizing that they would prefer people not find out about it, which is different to regular deleting.
I don’t think people delete things intending for them to be found out in general
Edit: I think the ‘silent’ part refers to them continuing the rethoric on twitter while deleting from the website
You can hate it if you want, I guess, but isn’t that what they are doing? They know the polls are against them so they are flip flopping, to use Repub terms, but doing so in a cowardly fashion hoping no one will notice. But we’ve all noticed.
How would you frame these types of stories?