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Wednesday, July 2

Press release writing: Could there be another way?

by DavidAkin on Wed 02 Jul 2008 05:21 PM EDT

I have to read things like this for a living but do the folks who write these on behalf of their vainglorious masters really believe they're passing on important information with opening lines like this? DISRAELI, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - June 30, 2008) - The Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, Secretary of State for Agriculture and MP for Megantic-L'Erable, the Honourable Christian Paradis, on behalf of the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Minister responsible for the Chaudiere-Appalaches Region and MNA for Frontenac, Laurent Lessard, on behalf of the Deputy Premier and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Regions, Nathalie Normandeau, announced today . .

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