Calloused hands

Blue collar workers always have calloused hands, according to a Law of Journalese, even if the reporter has not shaken hands or examined palms and fingers of the people he or she is writing about. A story a while back reported that shipyard workers with calloused hands constructed a famous frigate built 200 years ago, which would have meant the reporter found records of what the hands looked like. Here’s the Boston Globe’s contribution to the Journalese Law of Calloused Hands, in a Jan. 22, 2017, story about people in a town in Massachusetts who gave a majority vote to Trump: “WINCHENDON — At the elbow of the bar, where afternoon regulars with calloused hands gripped $3 longnecks, the consensus was clear in the Toy Town Pub: America needs President Trump’s business smarts.”

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Journalese of the Day: Calloused hands
Blue collar workers always have calloused hands, according to a Law of Journalese, even if the reporter has not shaken hands or examined palms and fingers of the people he or she is writing about. A story a while back reported that shipyard workers with calloused hands constructed a famous frigate built 200 years ago, which would have meant the reporter found records of what the hands looked like. Here’s the Boston Globe’s contribution to the Journalese Law of Calloused Hands, in a Jan. 22, 2017, story about people in a town in Massachusetts that gave a majority vote to Trump: “WINCHENDON — At the elbow of the bar, where afternoon regulars with calloused hands gripped $3 longnecks, the consensus was clear in the Toy Town Pub: America needs President Trump’s business smarts.”