Update on "Domestic"
I'm just going to watch this, because rarely has the Whitehouse so blatantly attempted to change the language of the media than in it's contortionist efforts to get the word "domestic" out of the descriptions of the "domestic" spying program.
Today, the NYTimes appears to have caved, changing the wording in their topline article to simply "eavesdropping" with no descriptor.
The WaPo is still boldly using "domestic" in their first paragraph.
Didn't see an article in the LATimes.
I know this may seem kind of petty to you, but controlling language is controlling perception. I'll put more here as I run across them.
Today, the NYTimes appears to have caved, changing the wording in their topline article to simply "eavesdropping" with no descriptor.
The WaPo is still boldly using "domestic" in their first paragraph.
Didn't see an article in the LATimes.
I know this may seem kind of petty to you, but controlling language is controlling perception. I'll put more here as I run across them.
posted by mikevotes at
7:08 AM
2 Comments:
petty? no way! This is of the utmost importance. Controlling language doesn't just control perception it controls the argument, how we think about the argument and even how we think about the world.
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Justin, at 1:41 PM
Yeah, I know, but for some reason I felt the need in the face of all the other big stuff the admins doing wrong, to soften that a bit.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 6:19 PM
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