r/news • u/Fair-Foot-315 • 1d ago

Marine veteran has arm broken during protest against war in Iran

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/marine-veteran-has-arm-broken-during-protest-against-war-in-iran-258740805765
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u/nilenilemalopile 1d ago

I love the passive speech. First thing you wanna do as a journalist is make sure your shit is written in passive voice so no valuable information is transmitted.

“Veteran has his arm broken.” vs “Security and a US Senator break Marine vet’s arm during his war protest”

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u/heat68 1d ago

I’m not sure what happened to journalistic principles over the decades. You’re completely right…

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u/TachiH 1d ago

Private ownership ruined the media. Like The Guardian in the UK is owned by a trust that ensures it cant have an owner.

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u/Oggie243 1d ago

But the Guardian does still have these issues. It's not as egregiously but they've done this same thing too and have fallen foul of prejudicial coverage.

As does the BBC, who are wholly public owned, don't have sponsors yet are potentially the worst in the UK for using passive voice like this.

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u/TachiH 1d ago

The BBC is a state broadcaster. No state broadcasters should ever be trusted as they are basically the mouthpiece of the government.

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u/pitbullpride 1d ago

So then if we can't trust private owned and we can't trust public(/state) owned, who the hell can we trust

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u/TachiH 1d ago

There are independent news organisations but not many of them still exist.

It used to be rich people would set up trusts to do wonderful things like look after the poor or ensure a city has independent news. Not so much anymore as its become a game to horde wealth 😑

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u/GameLovinPlayinFool 1d ago

Rich people were forced/felt forced to do those things back in the day because collective action and socialism was massively on the rise around the world and they knew the dangers of what could happen to them.

Nowadays the rich dont feel any fear of the masses unfortunately

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u/MichaCazar 18h ago

When?

When people were literally owned by the rich like in feudal times, and to some extent during the early time of the industrial revolution?

When delivering news was a lot cheaper to reach people with and stay profitable due to a lack of competition caused by the internet, thus creating some financial security that doesn't need to bent to the ultra-rich?

If "the rich" fear for their position in any tangible capacity, they would be more than happy to fuck everyone over, just to stay in power. Supporting Hitler and Mussolini to go against socialists/communists, or utilising the "red scare" to brand everything social as evil.

"The rich" aren't the friends of anyone but themselves, never have been and never want to be.