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Bandit

(21,475 posts) Sat Feb 8, 2014, 10:02 AM Feb 2014

A thread to acknowledge how dense I am at times, and it concerns MSNBC's new motto

"Lean Forward" ...I didn't really give it a lot of thought, but I never quite got it. It has been their Motto for over a year now and I just 'got it'. I think I did anyway....... MSNBC doesn't lean Right, Doesn't lean Left, It Leans Forward... Or am I even denser than I think?

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A thread to acknowledge how dense I am at times, and it concerns MSNBC's new motto (Original Post) Bandit Feb 2014 OP

Personally I thought it was a gesture towards Obama's slogan: Forward. JaneyVee Feb 2014 #1

That's exactly right. nt onehandle Feb 2014 #2

"Lean toward profit" would be more accurate n/t Fumesucker Feb 2014 #3

Bingo. Scuba Feb 2014 #4

I thought it meant forward as opposed to backward... Chorophyll Feb 2014 #5

I wonder if it is an echo off that book, Lean In, about female leadership in Nay Feb 2014 #6

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

1. Personally I thought it was a gesture towards Obama's slogan: Forward.

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Sat Feb 8, 2014, 10:10 AM

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onehandle

(51,122 posts)

2. That's exactly right. nt

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Sat Feb 8, 2014, 10:14 AM

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Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

3. "Lean toward profit" would be more accurate n/t

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Sat Feb 8, 2014, 10:16 AM

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Scuba

(53,475 posts)

4. Bingo.

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Sat Feb 8, 2014, 11:26 AM

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Chorophyll

(5,179 posts)

5. I thought it meant forward as opposed to backward...

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Sat Feb 8, 2014, 11:32 AM

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...like "forward progress."

But I guess it's pretty ambiguous.

Nay

(12,051 posts)

6. I wonder if it is an echo off that book, Lean In, about female leadership in

Reply to Bandit (Original post)

Sat Feb 8, 2014, 11:42 AM

Feb 2014

business. They copied the 'lean' and substituted 'forward' to make up their slogan. Without that book, the 'lean' part wouldn't have any resonance with anyone. It's just the latest business catchphrase.

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