Discrimination in media
AP Perception of BLM movement — Not a riot.
After the Black Lives Matter insurgence of 2020, changes were made, including how “violent protestors” were to be portrayed now by media, instead of how they had been portrayed, according to the Associated Press Stylebook update in Sept. 2020.
Yet, the Portland police had declared the BLM insurgence a “riot,” and from May 2020 through June 2020, an estimate of $1 to $2 billion in destruction in other cities across America were reported as a direct result of the BLM movement.
Still, for BLM, AP advised using “unrest” instead of “riot” when referring to property destruction caused by rioting.
“Focusing on rioting and property destruction rather than underlying grievance has been used in the past to stigmatize broad swaths of people protesting against lynching, police brutality or for racial justice, going back to the urban uprisings of the 1960s.” — AP.
“Unrest is a vaguer, milder and less emotional term for a condition of angry discontent and protest verging on revolt,” according to AP.
Even with 25 murders under the reign of the 2020 BLM movement, the term “riot” did not fit their new guidelines.
Perception of Conservatives Jan. 6, 2021 in DC —
Is a riot.
AP released the following:
“AP style in the event of civil disturbances allows editors and journalists to choose the term that in their judgment best applies.
Considering that armed protesters broke into the building, overwhelmed Capitol police, interrupted the process of certifying Electoral College votes and forced the evacuation of the vice president of the United States and members of Congress, “protest” may be too mild a word.
Consider surrounding it with strong adjectives and context, such as “violent protest” or “rioting protesters.”
Calling it a “mob” or a “riot” would also be appropriate, especially when the protesters’ actions were wild, widespread, violent and uncontrolled.
Some people and broadcasters are calling the protesters’ action a “coup” or a “coup attempt,” meaning a sudden, organized seizure of political power or an attempt by a faction or group to seize political power suddenly outside of the law. We may of course quote others alleging a coup or attempted coup, but so far AP has not seen conclusive evidence that the protesters’ specific aim was to take over the government, so at this stage we are avoiding the term in AP copy unless attributed.
The term “insurrection,” meaning the act of rising up against established authority, could also be justified.”
After all, it was the Conservatives, infiltrated by a handful of Antifa, defending the Constitution, fighting the deep corruption and communism, and demanding a revote with legal identification of voters. They had not committed 25 murders or caused billions in property damage. But it was the Conservatives.
Perception is everything. Censorship is unconstitutional and brainwashing is something else.
God Bless Us All.
Stephanie M. Sellers
https://www.apstylebook.com/blog_posts/17
https://news.yahoo.com/ap-stylebook-discourages-riot-expands-201233563.html
https://www.axios.com/riots-cost-property-damage-276c9bcc-a455-4067-b06a-66f9db4cea9c.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/31/americans-killed-protests-political-unrest-acled
Photo
23 August 2020, 21:42
Source
2020–08–23 PPB North Precinct Protest
Author
David Geitgey Sierralupe from Eugene, Oregon
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2020-08-23_PPB_North_Precinct_Protest_(50274282953).jpg
