Was this captioning by CNN really necessary?
Fortunately for Obama only 29% of Americans know the meaning of obtuse* and it is probably not the 29% who think Bush is doing a good job!
* The 71% of Americans who don't know the meaning of "obtuse" clearing includes the editorial staff at CNN as I am pretty sure that they meant abstruse rather than obtuse. Even fewer Americans know the meaning of "abstruse" I suspect.
If they intentionally misused "obtuse", meaning stupid, is that actionable?
Fortunately for Obama only 29% of Americans know the meaning of obtuse* and it is probably not the 29% who think Bush is doing a good job!
* The 71% of Americans who don't know the meaning of "obtuse" clearing includes the editorial staff at CNN as I am pretty sure that they meant abstruse rather than obtuse. Even fewer Americans know the meaning of "abstruse" I suspect.
If they intentionally misused "obtuse", meaning stupid, is that actionable?
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