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I'd like to see reuters/AP etc. not only take the same approach, but even use the same language to US reporting as they do in other "regimes". Here's a slate.co

I'd like to see reuters/AP etc. not only take the same approach, but even use the same language to US reporting as they do in other "regimes". Here's a slate.com series that I thought was doing a great job but for some reason hasn't continued into the Trump regime. e.g. When Justice Scalia died: WASHINGTON, United States—The unexpected death of a hard-line conservative jurist on America’s constitutional court has exposed deep fissures within the ruling regime and threatens to throw the country’s fragile political system into months of chaos. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/02/17/how_the_u_s_media_would_cover_the_supreme_court_nomination_fight_if_it_happened.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/02/17/how_the_u_...

AnimalMuppet 10y ago
"Deep fissures within the ruling regime"? Deep fissures, sure, between the President and the majority of the Senate, who are of the other party. It seems a bit of a stretch to call Democrats and Republicans together "the ruling regime", though. "Fragile political system"? More fragile than it used to be, but not yet fragile. We weathered that mess with barely a sweat. "Months of chaos"? Not even. That is: The language doesn't fit the reality in the US, whereas it often does fit the reality of the third world.
- chetanahuja 10y ago
  "That is: The language doesn't fit the reality in the US, whereas it often does fit the reality of the third world." Yeah... this is what we keep telling ourselves.