SJW influence on word meanings in journalism

This dude is just a troll, right? No way he's this fucking stupid/clueless, right?

 

Because this is how we minimize people ... we assign labels to them that are then used pejoratively. eg: inclusive vs. politically correct.

 

Why did the NYT choose to put lies in quotation marks?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/us/politics/comey-hearing-trump-russia.html?_r=0

 

To make clear the Times isn't accusing Trump lying but rather it was Comey. That's pretty standard.

 

OK. Comey said Trump was a self-serving, lying, defaming piece of shit. He took notes.

Trump is a self-serving, lying, defaming piece of shit.

 

Good on the WP. No quotation marks needed.

Comey: White House lied about me, FBI

 

Because the whole thing is a quote.

Please tell me you're doing a bit right now. You're doing a bit, right?

 

You know how attribution works, right?

 

He's trolling. 100 percent pure trolling.

 

By my count, he is 0-for-5 on his own thread.

 

Comey called Trump a liar. Comey did not call Trump a "liar". The quotation marks change the meaning, but you guys and gals know that.

Nice to have my own thread though.

 

Saying you think it's "nice" to have a thread of your own is the same thing as saying JTFM thinks "it's nice to have my own thread."

One paraphrases your point and includes the word you used to describe the feeling of having your own thread. The other directly quotes what you said. They are the same thing.

The Times paraphrased but emphasised Comey called Trump's statements lies. The Post used a direct quote. They accomplish the same thing and putting lies in quotes does not change the meaning and you know it.