tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191533284937327485.post807602557271541128..comments2023-10-29T08:22:43.432+00:00Comments on That doesn't seem to add up: Forced to DenyJohn Fabenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949065981896055898noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191533284937327485.post-16350041185547399332010-06-03T12:38:55.134+01:002010-06-03T12:38:55.134+01:00Perhaps the newspapers phrase it that way because ...Perhaps the newspapers phrase it that way because saying someone was "forced to deny" something suggests that they the thing they were denying could actually be true, but the denier is being forced to say it isn't (either by social or economic pressures, or by direct force). This leads some credability to the original accusation.<br /><br />Although, with this in mind, I'm surprised the Mail used the phrase in relation to the Mrs Cameron story. (They were supporting the Tories, right? I don't really read the Mail...) So perhaps it is just being used as a stock phrase.Charlottenoreply@blogger.com