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Passive voice in Reuter headlines about Israelis and Palestinians (2003)

7 points by Tomte 2y ago

suraci 2y ago
that's so interesting, the 'dead' vs. 'killed'-ish selective bias in language is something I habitually notice i checked latest headlines about gaza by reuter > Israeli air strike kills nine in Gaza, local ministry says, during ceasefire disputes > Israel strikes kill five people in Gaza, local medics say > Israeli strikes kill 15 people in Gaza over past day, Palestinian medics say > Five UNRWA staff killed in Gaza, fears worst is yet to come > One killed in strike on UN site in Gaza, Israeli army denies attack > Gaza hospitals overwhelmed by hundreds of injured from Israeli barrage > ICRC: hospitals in Gaza struggling to cope with casualties > Gaza hospitals overwhelmed by hundreds of injured from Israeli barrage > In pictures: Israel airstrikes kill over 400 in Gaza after two months of truce > Israeli fire kills four Palestinians in Gaza, amid new ceasefire talks > Hamas armed wing says it fired rockets against Tel Aviv > At least 91 killed in Gaza as Israel abandons ceasefire, orders evacuations > Gaza death toll: how many Palestinians has Israel's offensive killed? have to say, although there're several headlines like 'killed by [what]' and 'Palestinian say', reuter is less biased than other medias like BBC: https://x.com/BBCWorld/status/1711340677571674567 https://x.com/BBCWorld/status/1711340677571674567 and I found other articles about this when i dig into it https://www.glasgowmediagroup.org/downloads/17-war-and-conflict https://www.glasgowmediagroup.org/downloads/17-war-and-confl... (2010) https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-how-media-language-manipulated-justify-killing-palestinians-and-used-dehumanise-them https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-how-media-langua... (2023) Then I noticed the author - Geoffrey K. Pullum, a linguist specialising in the study of English So I try to discover some more recent works of the Professor unfortunately the only thing I can find is this: > The Israel/Palestine Dispute Is Ill-Served by Uninformed Grammar Nitpicking (2018) https://archive.ph/wCWz3#selection-2369.9-2369.84 https://archive.ph/wCWz3#selection-2369.9-2369.84

7 points by Tomte 2y ago

that's so interesting, the 'dead' vs. 'killed'-ish selective bias in language is something I habitually notice i checked latest headlines about gaza by reuter > Israeli air strike kills nine in Gaza, local ministry says, during ceasefire disputes > Israel strikes kill five people in Gaza, local medics say > Israeli strikes kill 15 people in Gaza over past day, Palestinian medics say > Five UNRWA staff killed in Gaza, fears worst is yet to come > One killed in strike on UN site in Gaza, Israeli army denies attack > Gaza hospitals overwhelmed by hundreds of injured from Israeli barrage > ICRC: hospitals in Gaza struggling to cope with casualties > Gaza hospitals overwhelmed by hundreds of injured from Israeli barrage > In pictures: Israel airstrikes kill over 400 in Gaza after two months of truce > Israeli fire kills four Palestinians in Gaza, amid new ceasefire talks > Hamas armed wing says it fired rockets against Tel Aviv > At least 91 killed in Gaza as Israel abandons ceasefire, orders evacuations > Gaza death toll: how many Palestinians has Israel's offensive killed? have to say, although there're several headlines like 'killed by [what]' and 'Palestinian say', reuter is less biased than other medias like BBC: https://x.com/BBCWorld/status/1711340677571674567 https://x.com/BBCWorld/status/1711340677571674567 and I found other articles about this when i dig into it https://www.glasgowmediagroup.org/downloads/17-war-and-conflict https://www.glasgowmediagroup.org/downloads/17-war-and-confl... (2010) https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-how-media-language-manipulated-justify-killing-palestinians-and-used-dehumanise-them https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-how-media-langua... (2023) Then I noticed the author - Geoffrey K. Pullum, a linguist specialising in the study of English So I try to discover some more recent works of the Professor unfortunately the only thing I can find is this: > The Israel/Palestine Dispute Is Ill-Served by Uninformed Grammar Nitpicking (2018) https://archive.ph/wCWz3#selection-2369.9-2369.84 https://archive.ph/wCWz3#selection-2369.9-2369.84