‘We recommend avoiding general and often dehumanizing ‘the’ labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled, the college-educated,’ AP Stylebook tweeted.
They deleted the tweet, but this was actually very smart of them. Their tweet is really about altering the English language as part of heralding some liberal orthodoxy, but everyone focuses on the funny French part instead of their underlying motives.
"the" refers to a group of people without having to say the word "people". for example, talking about "the Americans" vs "Americans" or "American people"
And liberals will tell you that the AP is a neutral news outlet. The AP also earlier sent an email telling reporters not to use the word crisis when talking about the crisis at the border.
Almost every news outlet leans left . Some like MSNBC are blatant most are a little more subtle but just as biased.
"the" refers to a group of people without having to say the word "people". for example, talking about "the Americans" vs "Americans" or "American people"
The difference is "french" is a language so it makes sense to have the word "the" before it. American is not a language so it isn't necessary.America is one of not many countries where the native language is a different word to the people in the country. People talk English there. Another one is Australia. Literally talking English but they are Australian.
It doesn't make sense to say that Germans are good at beating French. It makes sense that the Germans are good at beating the French.
"the" refers to a group of people without having to say the word "people". for example, talking about "the Americans" vs "Americans" or "American people"
The difference is "french" is a language so it makes sense to have the word "the" before it. American is not a language so it isn't necessary.America is one of not many countries where the native language is a different word to the people in the country. People talk English there. Another one is Australia. Literally talking English but they are Australian.
It doesn't make sense to say that Germans are good at beating French. It makes sense that the Germans are good at beating the French.
They deleted the tweet, but this was actually very smart of them. Their tweet is really about altering the English language as part of heralding some liberal orthodoxy, but everyone focuses on the funny French part instead of their underlying motives.
And liberals will tell you that the AP is a neutral news outlet. The AP also earlier sent an email telling reporters not to use the word crisis when talking about the crisis at the border.
Almost every news outlet leans left . Some like MSNBC are blatant most are a little more subtle but just as biased.
AP is probably no more left than the mainstream college educated American public....so....is that really 'left?'
If you think most people are 'left' then it means you think moderates are 'left.'
And liberals will tell you that the AP is a neutral news outlet. The AP also earlier sent an email telling reporters not to use the word crisis when talking about the crisis at the border.
Almost every news outlet leans left . Some like MSNBC are blatant most are a little more subtle but just as biased.
AP is probably no more left than the mainstream college educated American public....so....is that really 'left?'
If you think most people are 'left' then it means you think moderates are 'left.'
Your use of "the" here is a microagression according to the "moderate" AP.
