This program looks at how the English language has been inflated and manipulated to distort, obfuscate, or cover up meaning, or to replace meaning altogether. Illustrations are drawn from ordinary conversation, advertising, the workplace, and the Iran-contra hearings, which offer a case study of governmental doublespeak. (28 minutes)

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