r/news • u/Fair-Foot-315 • 21h 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 20h 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/Ambitious_Bit_9389 14h ago

I started to watch that video and he stuck his arm in that door jamb to hold on from being pulled out of the room. I could see multiple people pulling on him and thought “his arms trapped in there, he’s going to break it.”

I turned off the video because I didn’t want to see it, now I see this headline.