Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“Most journalistic outlets use the more attractive-sounding term for the side they support and the less attractive-sounding term for the side they oppose. Even if a story is accurate in its factual statements, it’s written to make one side sound like the good guys and the other side sound like the bad guys. Quick example: Pro-choice and pro-life versus pro-abortion and anti-abortion. Or look at reporting on the war in Gaza. Supporters of one side or the other will mix and match words like ‘self-defense,’ ‘resistance,’ ‘terrorism,’ and ‘genocide’ to make precisely the same actions sound better or worse depending on which side takes those actions. We know which candidate the editorial boards of the Times and Post prefer — and which candidate the owners of those newspapers prefer. Silence on both isn’t ‘neutrality’ or ‘objectivity,’ it’s just one preference vetoing the other.” (10/27/24)