[Political Junkie Too]

The caption under the picture in the story reads:

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War veterans in New Rochelle are protesting the city's order for the so-called Gadsden flag to be taken down from its post outside the armory. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.

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Is the Gadsden Flag "so-called?" Isn't that the name that the flag was given throughout its history from its designer? I guess Christopher Gadsden was so-called by his parents, too.

Is this the "new journalism" where so-called journalists use the phrase "so-called" to demean anything they want, with no basis on whether something's name is historical and appropriate or not?

-PJ

[Pharmboy]

Yes...I choked on that when I saw it too.