{"id":382084,"date":"2018-10-23T08:51:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T07:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/ap-savaged-by-critics-for-calling-migrant-caravan-army\/"},"modified":"2018-10-23T08:51:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T07:51:54","slug":"ap-savaged-by-critics-for-calling-migrant-caravan-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/ap-savaged-by-critics-for-calling-migrant-caravan-army\/","title":{"rendered":"AP savaged by critics for calling migrant caravan \u2018army\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RT<\/strong><\/a>
October 22, 2018<\/p>\n

Critics lashed out at The Associated Press for calling a huge US-bound caravan of migrants an \u201carmy\u201d in their headline. The news agency changed the title of the piece, but that was not enough to cool down some of the folks online.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The story, originally titled \u2018Ragged, growing army of migrants resumes march towards US\u2019, appeared<\/a> on the outlets\u2019 website on Sunday. It was not the reporting itself \u2013 the style wasn\u2019t all that different from AP\u2019s usual work \u2013 but a single word in the headline that ticked off many people on social media.<\/p>\n

Some readers, including Walter Shaub, the former head of the US Office of Government Ethics, argued that it is inappropriate use the word \u201carmy\u201d<\/em> to describe a group of more than 4,000 Central American migrants hoping to cross to the US through Mexico.<\/p>\n

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What does the AP Style Guide say about using the word “army” to describe desperate families who lack any guarantee of adequate nourishment as they flee destruction and head on foot across a desert toward a heartless regime that steals children and threatens to deploy a real army?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) October 21, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Ragged? Army? They are refugees!! What the hell is this headline? @AP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/0sfLEVFX1n<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Monica Villamizar (@monica_vv) October 22, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Yes yes. Army. Army of dirty diapers ?<\/p>\n

\u2014 JustDani (@danigirlPA) October 22, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Yeah, I too look at a photo of sleeping toddlers and exhausted mothers and think, “yes, that is absolutely an ‘army.'”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 21, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Others accused AP of mirroring the rhetoric of President Donald Trump and spreading xenophobia.<\/p>\n

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This is the deleted tweet by @AP_Politics<\/a>. An “army?” Seriously enabling @realDonaldTrump<\/a>
propaganda and xenophobia. Thanks for nothing. pic.twitter.com\/TEAxOLZVJQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Julio Ricardo Varela (@julito77) October 22, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Is Breitbart writing AP tweets…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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