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@yogthos this is perfect for classes in writing & composition, journalism, history, politics, sociology, linguistics... seriously, thanks for doing this.

@yogthos second screenshot, the word "war" is crossed out*

yeah, yeah, maybe the term "special operation" would look better?

You think you're exposing propaganda, but you're actually participating in it.

@dettlaff Israel committing a genocide against a civilian population in an open air prison is not a war. Pretending what's happening in Gaza is a war is the height of idiocy.
@yogthos cringe, next time you want your reply to be read, give a couple seconds to the person you're talking to and then block them. but it seems like you were so afraid of me typing a reply that you blocked me before I read it)
@dettlaff def, I'm gonna be honest, but you're confidently embarrassing yourself right now. @yogthos
@sarahquartz okay, that's your perspective

@dettlaff The words you're looking for are colonisation and genocide. Not "war"…

@yogthos

@dettlaff @yogthos

If we want to be entirely accurate about this we should probably separate the two things out.

Israel is indiscriminately destroying occupied Gaza, a part of their territorial responsibility, and murdering its citizens by the tens of thousands. This is not war.

Somewhat separately, at a smaller scale, Hamas is fighting a guerilla war against Israel, and Israel is targeting Hamas operatives when they can. This is war.

@yogthos i think they updated it assuming it's the same one, there is still a weird "exploded" as if it wasn't the whole point of an airstrike, but a mere accident, but at least perpetrator is identified in the subtitle, and "Carnage" is more appropriate indeed.
@tshirtman it's a bit better, but notice that it's still using passive voice, and fails to identify who is responsible

@yogthos @tshirtman This is not meaningfully better. Israel bombs kids, and they still can't even put "Israel" in the headline?

If this is the same article and they did edit it in response to this feedback, and this is what they came up with, that's almost worse. So cowardly.

The Elements of Bureaucratic Style

The bureaucratic voice presents governments and corporations as placid, apologetic, and unmovable. It also makes their victims as active as possible.

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@yogthos If they are calling it russia - ukraine war, it seems like that is the naming convention for any conflict between countries, regardless of the aggressor. These are great points about how opinions seep into news though.
@kiki vielleicht liegt es daran, dass der „report“ im zweiten Artikel von einer auf Genozid ausgelegten Terrororganisation kommt?
@yogthos it’s like, who bombed the hospital? The newspapers all said Israel did it, but oops, it was one of the Hamas rockets aiming for Israeli citizens. So maybe the newspapers are right to hedge.