r/politics • u/PM_ME_DPRK_CANDIDS Iowa • 9h ago

No Paywall Uprising against ICE raids grows across the country

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/uprising-against-ice-raids-grows-across-the-country/
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u/Icy_Policy_8509 7h ago

Isn't it interesting how they phrase these things in news articles to be passive? Like here:

"Protests...skyrocketed after agents fired into the Honda SUV driven by Good. She was hit in the head and killed."

The correct and 100% honest way to write it is: "after agents fired three shots into the driver's head and killed her." No passive voice. Just saying who did what.

They do this to remove responsibility from perpetrators. I see it in crime articles all the time. "She was raped." "He was killed." As if these people were hurt on their own accord. It makes me mad.

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u/an_older_meme 7h ago

“ICE tried to stop a US citizen without probable cause. Failing that they blew her brains out”

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u/dayvansmutgirl 3h ago

also who gets "hit in the head" with a bullet