estelle, 4 months ago How the UK Security Services neutralised the country’s leading liberal newspaper: (2019) https://www.declassifieduk.org/how-the-uk-security-services-neutralised-the-countrys-leading-liberal-newspaper/ #TheGuardian #Assange #Corbyn #MI5 #MI6 #LabourParty #Labour #England #Britain #UK #centreLeft #leftOfCentre #elections #UKPol #politics #SocialDemocracy #SocDem #media #security #manipulation #coOpting #conflation #confusion #antisemitism #Guardian #DumpTheGuardian
How the UK Security Services neutralised the country’s leading liberal newspaper: (2019) https://www.declassifieduk.org/how-the-uk-security-services-neutralised-the-countrys-leading-liberal-newspaper/
#TheGuardian #Assange #Corbyn #MI5 #MI6 #LabourParty #Labour #England #Britain #UK #centreLeft #leftOfCentre #elections #UKPol #politics #SocialDemocracy #SocDem #media #security #manipulation #coOpting #conflation #confusion #antisemitism #Guardian #DumpTheGuardian
estelle, 2 months ago "The bank was robbed yesterday with guns and knives." ‘ Such use of passive voice immerses the reader in details while neglecting the doer of the action’. Study: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364964200_The_Use_of_Passive_Voice_in_News_Reports_for_Political_Purposes #fragility #media #press #passiveVoice #passiveForm #grammar #news #information #proZionism #OngoingNakba #GenocideJoe #manipulation #warCrimes #coloniality #propaganda #genocide #callToGenocide #reputation #whiteSupremacy #institutionsDeceive #DumpTheGuardian #NYT
"The bank was robbed yesterday with guns and knives."
‘ Such use of passive voice immerses the reader in details while neglecting the doer of the action’.
Study: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364964200_The_Use_of_Passive_Voice_in_News_Reports_for_Political_Purposes
#fragility #media #press #passiveVoice #passiveForm #grammar #news #information #proZionism #OngoingNakba #GenocideJoe #manipulation #warCrimes #coloniality #propaganda #genocide #callToGenocide #reputation #whiteSupremacy #institutionsDeceive #DumpTheGuardian #NYT
patrascan, 2 months ago @estelle As you point out, we are so used to subject-verb-object word order that passive voice can insinuate the object is the actor. As in, "mistakes were made" = the mistakes made themselves!
@estelle As you point out, we are so used to subject-verb-object word order that passive voice can insinuate the object is the actor. As in, "mistakes were made" = the mistakes made themselves!
estelle, 2 months ago "Rewriting a passive construction to be active almost always makes what you’re saying clearer." Example: Millions of dollars were embezzled from the company. Revision: Two executives embezzled millions of dollars from the company. Eva Parish: https://evaparish.com/blog/how-i-edit#passive-voice @patrascan @Nazani @technique @writing #fragility #media #press #passiveVoice #passiveForm #grammar #news #information #selfCare #reputation #English #writing #editing #editingTips #impunity #litterature #books
"Rewriting a passive construction to be active almost always makes what you’re saying clearer."
Example: Millions of dollars were embezzled from the company. Revision: Two executives embezzled millions of dollars from the company.
Eva Parish: https://evaparish.com/blog/how-i-edit#passive-voice @patrascan @Nazani @technique @writing
#fragility #media #press #passiveVoice #passiveForm #grammar #news #information #selfCare #reputation #English #writing #editing #editingTips #impunity #litterature #books
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