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The Tone Police are back on a rampage. Here’s how to stop them

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Summary
Nutrition label

51% Informative

Charles P. Pierce : Tim Walz's jibes about J. Divan Vance prompted the March of Pecksniffery from Republicans .

Pierce: Tell your stories walking, gang. Tell them to Max Cleland , whom Karl Rove smeared.

Pierce: NCPAC 's Steve Symms ran one of the most rancid campaigns in the history of American politics. He pilloried Frank Church on abortion.

VR Score

52

Informative language

51

Neutral language

48

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

37

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

possibly hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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