Dan Gillmor on Nostr: "Officer-involved shooting" is a euphemism for "officer shot someone" -- and it's ...
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2023-05-09 18:31:38Event JSON
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"content": "\"Officer-involved shooting\" is a euphemism for \"officer shot someone\" -- and it's used, by police and journalist, to make reality fuzzy. \n\nIf all journalism organizations agreed to, as this commentary advises, abolish the \"Exonerative Tense” in headlines (and I'd add, articles as well), journalism would be much improved.\n\nhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/emersonmalone/police-traffic-safety-headline-language-exoneration",
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