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Say what you will about abortion, but this is giving me some serious 1984 newspeak vibes.

• Freak_NL 7y ago
  The term 'fetal heartbeat bill' certainly has that vibe, which is why The Guardian is opting to use different more neutral (and certainly scientifically more palatable) terms.
  • taborj 7y ago
    I am thinking you've drastically missed the point of the comment you're replying to.
    • lightbritefight 7y ago
      > I am thinking you've drastically missed the point of the comment you're replying to. Nope, youre the one missing his point. The commentor above is accusing the newspapers of Orwellian newspeak, where really they are just responding to the orwellain newspeak in use by the people naming the bill to begin with. The newspaper is seeking to clarifly the misleading actions of others. Doing so is not newspeak. Its their role in soceity.
      • mistermann 7y ago
        And here I thought I was supposed to trust what's in the newspaper because their job is to report the facts, unlike those biased websites that are often run by agents of a foreign government (or, so I read in several newspapers).
• thinkingemote 7y ago
  this newspaper speaks to its own readers, it doesn't intend to attract outsiders in. It's very middle class Labour voting chattering classes in its political point of view. Generally it's of good quality. I think it's doing a regular politically correct exercise here. They should be honest about that at least.