Zero Politics
Zero Politics
Adam Speaking
New Associated Press Stylebook Discourages Use of ‘Riot,’ Expands Definition of ‘Protest’ to Include ‘Violence’ - An example of the news media's use of the logical fallacy of equivocation.
29 minutes Posted Oct 12, 2020 at 6:09 pm.
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In today’s episode I discuss how updates to the Associated Press stylebook discourage use of the word ‘riot,’ and how they've expanded the definition of the word ‘protest’ to include ‘violence’." I discuss how this equivocation (an often used logical fallacy) is common in propaganda. In my opinion this is a perfect example of how words are being redefined for propagandistic purposes. I also discuss, for a moment, some of the flaws in both the Left and the Right's take on Black Lives Matter, and Antifa, protests. And at the end I spend a few minutes discussing an example of the varied use of the words "claim" and "said" in news media reporting in order to suggest clear implications to readers and listeners. 

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