the Incidental Death framing (US govt fired, Y happened to die nearby) is common in reporting on police shootings http://www.newsweek.com/alva-braziel-what-we-know-houston-police-shooting-479210?rx=us …pic.twitter.com/qQLLbgdRgy
the US military version of "officer-involved shooting"–– note how the deaths are somehow independent of airstrikes.pic.twitter.com/p5wMn79GKg
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this prevents the writer from having to show causality and thus blame. Police discharged weapons, then X died instead of "police killed X"
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Oddly, when the alleged culprits are Russian or Syrian, this issue does not occur.
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Russia and Syria dont have a free press.
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How is that relevant for this issue? (and I think you may be underestimating diversity of press in Russia)
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The russian press simply doesnt report on collateral damage like American press does.
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Issue was degree to which (Western) media report on victims of Western or Russian/Syrian airstrikes respectively.
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Western media eagerly report on alleged victims of Russian/Syrian airstrikes but much less eager re US airstrikes
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@reddishraven "There were strikes & yes civilians died, but if a tree fell in the forest..." -
Passive Voice is an Active Killer
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Militarily and law enforcement wise..
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The two merging at an alarming rate, with the accountability for each becoming increasingly self regulation.
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There's almost no distinction anymore
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Well it's lucky, then, that the two have absolutely identical roles and structures
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Funny, I don't feel very comforted by this truly benevolent pairing...
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man if you wrote this headline in a high school English class you'd easily get a D- So limp
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Yeah, those gosh darn strikes just happened to hit exact same spot a bunch of civilians coincidentally decided to drop dead.
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Another euphemism for mass slaughter. "Civilians died" is like when your child says "cookies got eaten".
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Sadly, this would be a better headline: "In US Airstrikes on Mosul and Iraqi Civilian Deaths, a Connection?"
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