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When the BBC reports this morning that over 3000 people have been killed in Iran "since the war started", the use of the passive tense makes it sound as though the war just arose spontaneously. It didn't just start, it was unforgivably initiated by the US and their proxy Israel even as negotiations appeared to be on track to succeed.
Mar 20 at 6:38amWeb
Show threadTom StonehamMar 20
@tompearce49
We also need to use the passive where it *is* correct. E.g. not "Iran war" but "war on Iran"
Show threadGeofCoxMar 20

@tompearce49

Or was it Israel and their proxy the US ?

Show threadMagnus AhltorpMar 20
@GeofCox No, donā€™t get your news from Žižek.
Show threadRay McCarthyMar 20

@GeofCox @tompearce49
The tail wagging the dog?

Or Putin instructions to Don now that he needs the oil money and doesn't need Iran. Russia is making their own copies of the drones now. Russia has had billions of revenue due to this US-Israel war and reducing US stocks of missile interceptors that are needed by Ukraine. US wasting up to 8 patriots per drone!

Show threadCharlie Phillips/DolphinchazMar 20
@tompearce49 And all to distract from felon rapist Donald's #Epstein little problem šŸ¤¬šŸ¤¬
Show threadBaron VonskinnbackMar 20
@tompearce49 I'm surprised they didn't report the rise in oil prices in a similar way, something like "oil and gas prices have mysteriously risen over the last few weeks and are definitely nothing to do with an orange paedophile & his genocidal mate."
Show threadMagnus AhltorpMar 20
@tompearce49 ā€3000 have been killedā€ is still better than ā€3000 deadā€, which is the usual not-even-acknowledging-it-was-an-action way itā€™s often reported.
Show threadMostlyTatoMar 20
@tompearce49
BBC News is very good at using passive tense to obfuscate responsibility. It's a disgusting policy to manipulate narrative.