Words have power—even individual words. No one knows this better than news outlets and politicians, among others. I recently read a short news report on the voter bills that are being proposed around the country. In this particular story, the word “restrictive” was used 9 times. It helped paint the bills in clearly negative terms….
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Marty Duren: A plea to all media outlets re: ‘the Westboro cult’
I want to encourage you to read a very important post by my friend, Marty Duren, about the “Westoboro Cult.” As an open letter to the mass media, Marty calls for the end of using “Baptist Church” when referring to this fringe group claiming to be Christian, arguing that in the same way that journalists…