I see I’m not the only one taken aback by that Guardian article – to put it mildly.
This is the kind of terrible, deflective, passive-voice writing that we (or at least I) tell students to avoid. 'it could be argued that…' '*perceived* reduced rights' All sorts of silly things can be argued. All sort of misperceptions exist. The existence of silly… https://t.co/ahMyayLHwW
It’s not just the journalists either. I use Feedly to keep up with the activities here on B&W. Whenever a topic is “trending” on this supposedly “neutral” platform, any entry related to the trending topic gets a tag added to its headline (linking to other entries about the topic etc.). In this case the tag text reads “EHRC commissioner calls for reduced rights”. Some nice well-poisoning right there…
It’s not just the journalists either. I use Feedly to keep up with the activities here on B&W. Whenever a topic is “trending” on this supposedly “neutral” platform, any entry related to the trending topic gets a tag added to its headline (linking to other entries about the topic etc.). In this case the tag text reads “EHRC commissioner calls for reduced rights”. Some nice well-poisoning right there…
Argh!