Yes, words have meaning. Using the word “kidnapped” injects opinion and emotion into a story.
It’s the job of media to report the facts, not to influence people’s feelings on a story.
News organizations have people’s whose job is to maintain journalistic standards to ensure it’s facts that are reported, not emotional manipulation.
Emotional manipulation is the domain of social media, not something journalists are supposed to do. Don’t worry, social media has algorithms that ensure you’ll get constant emotional manipulation. News media doesn’t need to be doing this if that’s what you’re looking for.
How do you feel about ‘abducted’? I know that journalists use that term frequently when discussing domestic kidnappings, but it has a negative associations. When a pedophilac predator forces a victim to go with them, that appears to be acceptable language - would you say the term can apply to the President’s actions?
Your intent to use word to deliberately invoke emotion is exactly what news media should avoid. Note they are also not using the word “arrest” which would give legitimacy to the action.
Why do you think it’s important to push an emotion? Are you trying to use emotion to influence people into thinking how you think?
It’s fine for people on social media to express their feelings. But news media is supposed to be as factual as possible and should avoid using words to put an emotional spin on a story. Demanding news media to do so is demanding news media to be more propagandist than factual, and that makes it indistinguishable from other propaganda. I don’t think the problems we’re having is due to there not being enough propaganda. We need there to be some people reporting the facts.
“US Strike team legally ventured to sovereign country to invite its leader on an all expenses luxury vacation while laying at least 80 known victims down for naps”
Because we have to speak softly, and avoid mentioning anything factually accurate, so the perpetually offended don’t get their precious feefees hurt
Yes, words have meaning. Using the word “kidnapped” injects opinion and emotion into a story.
It’s the job of media to report the facts, not to influence people’s feelings on a story.
News organizations have people’s whose job is to maintain journalistic standards to ensure it’s facts that are reported, not emotional manipulation.
Emotional manipulation is the domain of social media, not something journalists are supposed to do. Don’t worry, social media has algorithms that ensure you’ll get constant emotional manipulation. News media doesn’t need to be doing this if that’s what you’re looking for.
The fact is, he was kidnapped.
How do you feel about ‘abducted’? I know that journalists use that term frequently when discussing domestic kidnappings, but it has a negative associations. When a pedophilac predator forces a victim to go with them, that appears to be acceptable language - would you say the term can apply to the President’s actions?
Your intent to use word to deliberately invoke emotion is exactly what news media should avoid. Note they are also not using the word “arrest” which would give legitimacy to the action.
Why do you think it’s important to push an emotion? Are you trying to use emotion to influence people into thinking how you think?
It’s fine for people on social media to express their feelings. But news media is supposed to be as factual as possible and should avoid using words to put an emotional spin on a story. Demanding news media to do so is demanding news media to be more propagandist than factual, and that makes it indistinguishable from other propaganda. I don’t think the problems we’re having is due to there not being enough propaganda. We need there to be some people reporting the facts.
I mean, it seems like a reasonable word to use ?
I know right? The headlines should read something more like “Maduro vacationing in USA for extended holiday”
“US Strike team legally ventured to sovereign country to invite its leader on an all expenses luxury vacation while laying at least 80 known victims down for naps”
Because we have to speak softly, and avoid mentioning anything factually accurate, so the perpetually offended don’t get their precious feefees hurt
Or maybe they could say Maduro was ‘captured’ or ‘seized’ as it was suggested they should do, which is factual.
Someone not conforming to your emotions doesn’t mean they aren’t being factual.
So kidnapping it is.