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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Your students might enjoy analyzing the memo released this morning by CEO Ed Bastian of Delta Airlines that criticizes the new voting restrictions in Georgia.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In addition to the opening paragraph’s virtue-claiming anecdote which delays getting to the news, the memo offers examples of plain language (e.g., “This is simply not true.”) mixed among obscure claims (e.g.,
“</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212529;background:white">We had some success in eliminating the most suppressive tactics that some had proposed</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">.) and nebulous promises (e.g., “</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212529;background:white">Delta
will continue to do everything in our power to hear and protect your voice and your rights, both in Georgia and nationwide.”).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212529;background:white">A lively discussion could weigh the degree to which the writer comes across as ethical and courageous.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212529;background:white">The memo is available at
<a href="https://news.delta.com/ed-bastian-memo-your-right-vote">https://news.delta.com/ed-bastian-memo-your-right-vote</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sam Dragga<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Professor Emeritus, Texas Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">sam.dragga@ttu.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1-806-543-6099<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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