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StumblePublished Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007 | 1:16 p.m.
Updated Monday, Dec. 29, 2008 | 2:26 p.m.
The Columbia Journalism Review offers a useful language and style memo to national reporters visiting us here in Vegas:
"A plea to campaign reporters: please resist the temptation to use Sin City-centric clichés in your coverage of Thursday’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas. No boxing references (which lend themselves to shallow jab/counter-jab coverage). No gambling allusions (which lend themselves to superficial winner/loser/horserace coverage). And, yes, What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas once had a certain appeal that other state tourism taglines (say, New Jersey and You: Perfect Together) lack. But it is no longer clever. It is cringe-inducing. Leave it out."
CJR then runs down all the CNN talking heads who keep violating these simple rules.
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