I hate the use of diplomatic words in news

[Jason Voorhees]

I’ve always disliked how news outlets use overly diplomatic or passive language to describe serious incidents. Ths diggss feel like they’re trying to soften the reality of what happened saying “a train collided with a car” instead of “a driver left their car on the tracks” as if the train had a mind of its own. This kind of phrasing removes sub consciously removes accountability and distorts the truth for the sake of sounding neutrall/professional/polished.

The same goes for word “accident.” an accident implies no one is at fault but journalists use it so casually that it shifts responsibility away from human error or negligence this kind of language conditions makes readers to think of preventable tragedies as unavoidable misfortune. After reading newspapers for over a decade i know how to see through all this and come to see how agenda serving and biased some media houses can be
It's subtle but deliberate.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@imontheloose

 

[mcmentalonthemic]

I’ve always disliked how news outlets use overly diplomatic or passive language to describe serious incidents. Ths diggss feel like they’re trying to soften the reality of what happened saying “a train collided with a car” instead of “a driver left their car on the tracks” as if the train had a mind of its own. This kind of phrasing removes sub consciously removes accountability and distorts the truth for the sake of sounding neutrall/professional/polished.

The same goes for word “accident.” In an accident implies no one is at fault but journalists use it so casually that it shifts responsibility away from human error or negligence this kind of language conditions makes readers to think of preventable tragedies as unavoidable misfortune. After reading newspapers for over a decade i know how to see through all this and come to see agenda serving and biased some media houses can be
It's subtle but deliberate.

 

[Gargantuan]

 

[LXR]

All good trained goyims. Upholding civilization

 

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I’ve always disliked how news outlets use overly diplomatic or passive language to describe serious incidents. Ths diggss feel like they’re trying to soften the reality of what happened saying “a train collided with a car” instead of “a driver left their car on the tracks” as if the train had a mind of its own. This kind of phrasing removes sub consciously removes accountability and distorts the truth for the sake of sounding neutrall/professional/polished.

The same goes for word “accident.” an accident implies no one is at fault but journalists use it so casually that it shifts responsibility away from human error or negligence this kind of language conditions makes readers to think of preventable tragedies as unavoidable misfortune. After reading newspapers for over a decade i know how to see through all this and come to see how agenda serving and biased some media houses can be
It's subtle but deliberate.

This is how you make the masses less angry at each other.

 

[Deleted member 153834]

I’ve always disliked how news outlets use overly diplomatic or passive language to describe serious incidents. Ths diggss feel like they’re trying to soften the reality of what happened saying “a train collided with a car” instead of “a driver left their car on the tracks” as if the train had a mind of its own. This kind of phrasing removes sub consciously removes accountability and distorts the truth for the sake of sounding neutrall/professional/polished.

The same goes for word “accident.” an accident implies no one is at fault but journalists use it so casually that it shifts responsibility away from human error or negligence this kind of language conditions makes readers to think of preventable tragedies as unavoidable misfortune. After reading newspapers for over a decade i know how to see through all this and come to see how agenda serving and biased some media houses can be
It's subtle but deliberate.

i mean yeah. but overall i fucking love euphemisms

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Bump

 

[gigacumster3000]

yeah that's pretty annoying, word choice does affect how things are perceived.