Dec 28, 2010 (2 days ago)
SPJ Diversity Committee launches journalistic campaign against the term ‘illegal immigrant’
from feed/http://lsrebellion.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default by Old Rebel
It was George Orwell who warned that government seeks to control language to the extent that it becomes impossible for people to conceive anti-government ideas. Those renegades who manage to think in ways the government disapproves of are "thought criminals." In that spirit, the Society of Professional Journalists aims to scrub from our vocabulary a term of disapproval toward a group favored by the central government:
The Diversity Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) is seeking to “inform and sensitize” reporters nationwide about how “offensive” the term “illegal immigrant” is to Latinos. ...
In his report, Laurence quotes SPJ Diversity Committee chairman George Daniels as saying, “this is not about being politically correct,” but about aiming to “minimize harm,” when reporting. When Daniels says “minimize harm,” he is referring to one of the major tenets of SPJ’s code of ethics, which many journalists nationwide follow.
And as we all know, the Prime Directive of the journalists' code of ethics is, "Always promote Big Business' agenda," especially its goal of creating an endless supply of cheap, exploitable labor.
The Diversity Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) is seeking to “inform and sensitize” reporters nationwide about how “offensive” the term “illegal immigrant” is to Latinos. ...
In his report, Laurence quotes SPJ Diversity Committee chairman George Daniels as saying, “this is not about being politically correct,” but about aiming to “minimize harm,” when reporting. When Daniels says “minimize harm,” he is referring to one of the major tenets of SPJ’s code of ethics, which many journalists nationwide follow.
And as we all know, the Prime Directive of the journalists' code of ethics is, "Always promote Big Business' agenda," especially its goal of creating an endless supply of cheap, exploitable labor.
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