"Officer-involved shooting" is a euphemism for "officer shot someone" -- and it's used, by police and journalist, to make reality fuzzy.
If 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.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/emersonmalone/police-traffic-safety-headline-language-exoneration
@dangillmor oh i like that they've done a series on a lot of style fails and why they matter
also the piece starts off strong: “Is dick-picking ok as a verb?” Our answer: “For the act of sending dick pics (we know, we know), we went with dick-pic-ing — awkward, yes, but dick-picking is another activity entirely.”
this is definitely worth a read even for those who are aware of the issue here, thank you for sharing
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