A troubling use of language
It appears that the Republicans have been successful in their attempts to insert their sound bite and its associations into, at least, the newsrooms. Look at this opening paragraph in a NYTimes article on the Congolese civil war.
"Cut and ran." Feel the meaning and association? Maybe it's just me, but it feels quite awkward in it's usage there. If this article had been written six months ago, I think it's doubtful that phrase would've been used.
This tells me the Iraq war propaganda campaign has been successful in attaching the intended meaning and power to that phrase.
I just found this interesting.
AVEBA, Congo — The first time the Congolese Army tried to take this village back from the militias that have fought for it since the civil war supposedly ended in 2002, the government soldiers cut and ran. That was January.
"Cut and ran." Feel the meaning and association? Maybe it's just me, but it feels quite awkward in it's usage there. If this article had been written six months ago, I think it's doubtful that phrase would've been used.
This tells me the Iraq war propaganda campaign has been successful in attaching the intended meaning and power to that phrase.
I just found this interesting.
posted by mikevotes at
7:42 AM
4 Comments:
You're right. Using "loaded" language in a straightforward news story is a journalistic no-no. And using that particular phrase is especially curious.
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Anonymous, at 11:43 AM
Yeah. It's weird though because it's only loaded in the current context.
And, as I thought about it, that oddd language choice also made it past a NYTimes editor (although you figure a piece on the Congolese war probably doesn't get the same comb as an article directly on politics. or Israel Plaestine.)
Mike
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mikevotes, at 12:58 PM
I heard Cheney use the words...'don't have the stomach for it'...and to me that meant he was calling the left...or those that don't agree...YELLOW! That really ticked me off. If he wants to call names he'd better back up to the days that he got 5 deferments from serving his country...because as we all know...he had bigger fish to fry...or shoot...or something!
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sumo, at 2:52 AM
I think alot of it is because the media likes the conflict. It generates stories and fills the empty space between missing white women. The Dems need to understand this and launch some over the top bombs themselves. The key is, they have to resonate with already accepted stereotypes.
Money over people - Katrina.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 11:20 AM
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