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How Many Ways Can You Avoid Reporting That Cops Killed a Baby? [Copaganda] (fair.org)

submitted 5 hours ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/70907267

“One-Year-Old Boy Killed After Officer Fires at Vehicle in Mississippi,” said the New York Times headline (6/16/26). So, a “one-year-old boy”—what most people would call a baby—was “killed after” a police officer fired at a vehicle, but there’s no verb you could use to connect those two things?

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[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 7 points 2 hours ago

Whatever it's called - copwashing? - has long tradition in US news outlets.