Nothing has been “banned” they just issued editorial guidelines on what term to use. As they (and all other media organizations) do with everything, it’s just how journalism works.
That’s definitely how it reads when the beeb says “don’t use this word that the perpatrator is dropping like a box of hammers.”
It comes despite US president Donald Trump explicitly saying that the word “kidnapping” could be used to describe the military operation.
Asked about Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodriguez saying Maduro had been “kidnapped”, Trump said: “It’s alright. It’s not a bad term.”
Nothing has been “banned” they just issued editorial guidelines
Tomato, potato.
If you’re not following the editorial guidelines, your editor is more likely to censor or outright reject your submitted work.
it’s just how journalism works.
Yes, and that’s a problem. The Conservative leadership of one of the most influential media organizations in the world “recommending” not to be accurate about the crime committed by their ideological ally is awful for journalism.
Nothing has been “banned” they just issued editorial guidelines on what term to use. As they (and all other media organizations) do with everything, it’s just how journalism works.
Oh cool, I thought they weren’t allowed to use the term “kidnapped”.
Media tries to whitewash way too much. As another comment pointed out, “the gun discharged” instead of “police shot someone” is a common one.
Call a spade a spade.
That’s definitely how it reads when the beeb says “don’t use this word that the perpatrator is dropping like a box of hammers.”
Tomato, potato.
If you’re not following the editorial guidelines, your editor is more likely to censor or outright reject your submitted work.
Yes, and that’s a problem. The Conservative leadership of one of the most influential media organizations in the world “recommending” not to be accurate about the crime committed by their ideological ally is awful for journalism.