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If you pay attention, you’ll realize media often use ambiguous titles that are technically correct, in a sense, but which most of their audience will interpret
by oefrha 4y ago
If you pay attention, you’ll realize media often use ambiguous titles that are technically correct, in a sense, but which most of their audience will interpret in a different and wrong way that fits their agenda. It’s really common when it comes to reporting on geopolitical rivals. Usually not this blatant, though.
Btw, there are a lot of reporting on how Russia uses Chinese drones, often without mentioning Ukraine uses the very same (consumer) drones.
- aliswe 4y agoExactly! "new reports reveal rifts in organization XYZ" or "findings reveal increasingly erratic actions by CEO" or "(something) sends (company) into tailspin"
- rainonmoon 4y agoI've seen it referred to as "exonerative tense" mostly in reference to how e.g. the New York Times will refer to incidents of police shooting and killing citizens.
- cloverich 4y agoWhile I very much agree w/ your points -- the Chinese drones in Russia is a little different. Because of sanctions against Russia (and not Ukraine), the source of their drones is very meaningful. I.e. If the majority of their usable munitions are from China, and the US can pressure China into stopping that, they can stop the flow of munitions to Russia in a meaningful sense. Given that's a key part of the strategy I think reporting on where Russia's sourcing its drones is extremely relevant, while generally irrelevant when the context is Ukrainian usage.