Sentences with phrase «up hatchet job»

Also, the time that the Economics Committee allowed between their Call for Evidence and the just - issued report was only six months, which from what I can tell makes it a bit of a hurry - up hatchet job.

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As noted in last week's post, if a writer takes to social media to do a hatchet job on an agent or editor and doesn't back up what they are saying, well, that author comes across as a prima donna and only does himself harm.

All I'm asking is that when research is revealed to be flawed, the scientists defend themselves through open debate rather than bullying and cover ups and — yes — appeals to authority like the one we saw on Nurse's disgraceful, dishonest hatchet job.

This is usually true, although occasionally someone is out to cherry - pick; I did an interview for Business Week where it turned out the writer was 100 % dedicated to doing a hatchet job, and one for WSJ where I think somebody was hoping to dig up dirt, but failed.