is this, like, irony, or more in-house cognitive dissonance?

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FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES (AuĀ­gust 6, 2013, page A4): ā€œTalĀ­iban seĀ­cretly talking to Kabul govĀ­ernĀ­ment.ā€ That’s present tense ā€œtalking,ā€ meaning it’s supĀ­posĀ­edly hapĀ­pening now! Is this, like, an exĀ­ample of some form of AsĀ­soĀ­ciĀ­ated Press, in-house irony? I mean, if it’s in every newsĀ­paper in the world that has an AP line, then it ain’t all that ā€œseĀ­cret,ā€ is it?

I know! It’s not irony at all—because there is no media in Afghanistan, this IS a seĀ­cret to the Afghanis, kept from them.

Or, perĀ­haps, it’s reĀ­ally AP’s idea of more in-house cogĀ­niĀ­tive dissonance . . .

Postscript

The acĀ­tual AP piece dated AuĀ­gust 5, 2013, reads: ā€œThe TalĀ­iban have held seĀ­cret talks with repĀ­reĀ­senĀ­taĀ­tives of Afghan PresĀ­iĀ­dent Hamid Karzai to try to jumpĀ­start a peace process that stumĀ­bled and stalled at the starting gate, acĀ­cording to Afghan ofĀ­fiĀ­cials and a seĀ­nior TalĀ­iban representative. 

The disĀ­cusĀ­sions with memĀ­bers of the Afghan High Peace Council have so far been unĀ­ofĀ­fiĀ­cial and preĀ­limĀ­iĀ­nary, seen as an atĀ­tempt to agree on conĀ­diĀ­tions for formal talks. But they do sugĀ­gest an inĀ­terest on both sides in proĀ­ceeding, or at least toying, with a peace process that has been mired in conĀ­troĀ­versy since the ofĀ­fiĀ­cial opening of a TalĀ­iban poĀ­litĀ­ical ofĀ­fice in June in the Gulf naĀ­tion of Qatar. ā€




 

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