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#1 Our Idiot Media: D.C. and Titles.

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Compare/Contrast.

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...In 2007, at 55, Jill Biden did earn a doctorate -- in education -- from the University of Delaware. Since then, in campaign news releases and now in White House announcements, she is "Dr. Jill Biden." This strikes some people as perfectly appropriate and others as slightly pompous, a quality often ascribed to her voluble husband.

.."My feeling is if you can't heal the sick, we don't call you doctor," said Bill Walsh, copy desk chief for the Washington Post's A section and the author of two language books.
Democrat's wife who holds a Doctorate using the honorific 'Dr.' appropriately: Pompous and not respected.

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I'm not really surprised at the double standard. This, however, struck me:
.."My feeling is if you can't heal the sick, we don't call you doctor,"
LOL? :???:
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