Tribune CEO Randy Michaels has the world's biggest thesaurus.
Chicago media blogger Robert Feder leaked the internal memo announcing the verboten verbiage, taking Myerson and Michaels to task for this “petty and insulting micromanaging of subordinates.” See the full list at Feder’s blog.
My guess is that Radio Randy just started the list as a way to get his mental juices flowing, and once he hit 50 figured it was too great not to share. You know, it’s difficult to be the CEO of a bankrupt media empire, and sometimes you just have to show the troops that you’re thinking about their world, too. Maybe next he’ll sign up to do an episode of Undercover Boss.
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This list is INSANE. I was just trying to image what it would be like to be a DJ at one of his stations attempting to memorize all of these forbidden phrases. Granted some are irritating phrases or bad grammar, but clearly others are just pet peeves.
After scouring the list, I was also surprised to not see the phrase that I’d like banned (since it’s incorrect grammatically): very unique. Arg!