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    In. Con. Ceivable!

    This calls for a Princess Bride quote
    Oct 28, 2022 3 minutes
    Source: Carlos Carmonamedina for NPR Public Editor

    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." — Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride

    Anytime we can quote from The Princess Bride in the name of journalism ethics, we're going to do it. So here we go.

    NPR covers a lot of politics. Among the NPR audience are many aficionados of political news. And NPR has a practice of letting politicians pick their own political labels, which bothers political news devotees.

    Why is that? Read on to hear a specific complaint from to Sen. Joe Manchin.

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