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Strongly agree. A lot of choices are made in the use of language. This happened a lot with the Jan 6th event. Some even proudly labeling it an insurrection whe
by dkn775 5y ago
Strongly agree. A lot of choices are made in the use of language.
This happened a lot with the Jan 6th event. Some even proudly labeling it an insurrection when they made statements I noticed. It was like the language choice was used fearlessly.
The Covid headlines as you mention are another huge one. Ive heard surge so many times and it’s been completely remade into an indication of a massive spike no matter the real context.
Even if the cases really surging, I’ve always hated the use of words that take the ability away from the reader to tell for themselves what happened.
A similar issue is in finding raw video of events, like rittenhouse shooting. So much of the results were subjectively selected clips w the news anchors speaking over it. I don’t want to be told what happened, I want the raw facts.