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Peter Menzies: Hyperbolic Language Fuels Division

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Peter Menzies: Hyperbolic Language Fuels Division
Trusted news sources should avoid the use of subjective and unattributed adjectives in reporting, writes Peter Menzies. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
Peter Menzies
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We live in an increasingly divisive time, one in which the public is bombarded with hyperbolic language designed to demonize political opponents.

Peter Menzies
Peter Menzies
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Peter Menzies is a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an award winning journalist, and former vice-chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.