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Originally posted by Bhikku@Feb 8 2008, 01:47 AM
Well it is better written than most DXM news articles.
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Relatively speaking.
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...a drug called dextromethorphan (DXM). DMX is found as an ingredient...
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Judging from the quality of these articles, I'm led to believe that newb journalists are given dreadfully boring cough syrup article assignments to "cut their teeth" on. Seriously, it's hack journalism and usually doesn't involve much more than setting up an interview with the local Chief of Pigs or one of his toadies. In this particular article, the writer apparently didn't even feel
that was necessary. Preferring to simply cite no sources whatsoever, we are expected to simply take his word at face value, plus a vague statistic from Poison Control. (
EDIT: aha, the author of this particular piece is a pig. The journalism is still awful, though.)
The editors must give it about a 5 second glance to make sure it isn't a
total piece of shit, before rushing it off to press. This is the only explanation I can think up for all these glaringly obvious spelling, grammar, context and factual errors coming from these so-called "professional" journalists. The editors truly don't give a shit about these cough syrup articles. They are sensationalist "filler" and substitute for actual news.
As for the slang terms, it's probably safe to say that most of these get invented on the spot by ignorant reporters or police who want to come across as though they actually have some insight or street sense. A quick Google + UrbanDictionary search suggests that basically nobody has ever thought of using the term "brain fuzz" in connection with DXM, before this journalist pulled it out of his ass and splattered it onto this article.