My late father was well versed in this writing style - even though he never held a government role Journalists and particularly paper editors (he was deputy ed

My late father was well versed in this writing style - even though he never held a government role Journalists and particularly paper editors (he was deputy editor in chief of a famous magazine owned by the now defunct Federal Publishing) in the 80s and 90s. He and other editors had to adhere to it in overly government focused articles (not necessarily for propaganda, moreso for consistency) I truly believe there were no soft power intentions behind this sort of thing, it was difficult to find these particular resources pre-internet so they were essential pre late-90s