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Re:Local TV stations pushed the same Amazon-scripted segment by WalterBright on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @06:58PM (#23317440)
"optics" entered the news vernacular very recently, now everyone uses it.
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Re:Local TV stations pushed the same Amazon-scripted segment by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @10:05PM (#23318660)
This one drives me nuts when the Sunday morning bobble heads toss the wrong word around when they want to use "perception".
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Re:Local TV stations pushed the same Amazon-scripted segment by SilasX on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @12:05AM (#23319290)
>when they want to use "perception".

Or "PR". I'd hear "doing that would make for bad optics" where I'd previously "... for bad PR". It irritates me for some reason.

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Re:Local TV stations pushed the same Amazon-scripted segment by catalogia on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @10:58PM (#23318942)
'Optics' implies objectivity while 'perception' implies subjectivity. It makes them sound more authoritative.
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