Sunday, October 2, 2011
State Senate G.O.P. Near Decision on Gay-Marriage Vote by Danny Hakim (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/state-senate-g-o-p-near-decision-on-gay-marriage-vote/?ref=deangskelos)(
This article generally talked about the movements of the NY State Senate Republicans during the moments leading up to the Senate's vote on the gay marriage bill. By the time the article was written, the Assembly already passed it and now the bill was on the docket for the Senate. The article identified Senator Dean Skelos, Republican Senate Majority Leader (from the 4th district, my district). The Republican caucus was about to meet to determine if they would allow the bill onto the floor for a vote. Skelos made comments saying that "legislative matters were 'on track,'" making it seem that the bill would be allowed time on the floor for a vote in the imminent future. Although Skelos is not directly quoted saying that the Republicans will allow the vote, the tone and syntax of the writer (see the title) leads a reader to believe that a vote is indeed imminent.
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What a great analysis, Greg! I'm glad you know your district's representatives (or can at least recognize their names when you read about them). You pointed out some good examples of ambiguous language being used to suggest a certain outcome. That can be very telling when these things are seen in retrospect; I wonder how many people who were watching this decision in June were led to believe the outcome was already decided because of this article!
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