Words, Words, Words
Have you heard that NBC news has decided to start calling the Iraq war a "civil war"?
Several news organizations have followed suit, but not FOX. Fox has responded by downgrading it from "sectarian violence" to "unfriendly pizza party."
posted by The sane one @ 2:18 PM
3 Comments:
i love how what we want to call it has become such the center of debate. one would think we might concentrate on how to resolve it and debate about the best course of action rather than what to label it. just my two pennies.
You are, of course, correct.
However, language is key to having honest debates. The right has been very successful in defining the terms of the debate, and he who controls the framing most often wins the fight.
Hopefully we will see more favorable language coming out now, and with it, more agreeable solutions.
hence why the framing is about what we call it rather than what it is.
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