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.”
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.”