Torturing Language to Put Best Light on Police Misconduct

FAIR (7/11/16, 3/30/17) has noted media’s use of vague or passive-voice framing to obfuscate police wrongdoing, but a recent example by Miami CBS affiliate WFOR (4/3/17) stood out as an extreme case: After a cop was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife, CBS Miami’s headline was “Miami-Dade Police Officer Arrested After Wife Ends Up in … Continue reading Torturing Language to Put Best Light on Police Misconduct