May 01, 2005

Hyperbole's new heights (or depths)

When one reader saw my posting about CNN's declaration that a pediatric surgeon was a "god" doing "miracles," he referred me to a similar story in the Onion, entitled "Amazing New Hyperbolic Chamber Greatest Invention In the History of Mankind Ever."

Read it. It may remind you of something you've seen in TV health news.

Posted by schwitz at May 1, 2005 08:27 AM
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