I want to show two headlines from the Washinton Post within a few days of each other. In both stories, individuals are concerned about whether it is safe enough to return to work.
Here is headline #1 on a professional baseball player’s decision:
I want to show two headlines from the Washinton Post within a few days of each other. In both stories, individuals are concerned about whether it is safe enough to return to work.
Here is headline #1 on a professional baseball player’s decision:
Here is headline #2 on a teachers union’s decision:
There seems to be an intentional inflammatory language used in the second headline. The player is looking out for his personal safety while the teachers are in open revolt against the administration. In light of the inflammatory language where protestors have been viewed as equivalent to terrorists and rioters, I think language is important right now more than ever.
I believe this is a philosophy of language issue. Our views are skewed by the headline, before we’ve even started to read the story.
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Totally agree.
I’m curious...is looking closely at language a reliable way to identify social media bots?
This is definitely a technique employed by the media to sway public opinion. Here's an example from English football with racial connotations.