It’s not out of touch to disagree with how the news does things - I don’t think anyone fully aligns with how news media operates.
There exist valid alternative words like “criticises” “scolds” “blames” instead, and using “BOOMs” and “SLAMS” and “BLASTS” is by definition sensationalist - i.e it manipulates the reader into an emotional reaction to sell the newspaper.
“This is justified,” i hear you say, “because newspapers exist to be sold” - but nay, it is not justified, because reporters also must operate with a social conscience!
A newspaper using trashy trigger words like Blast and Slam is literary pollution - reading these words over and over again shifts the way language is used, and we move away from our more precise and varied vocabulary with words such as “criticise” and “blame.” This is making readers more stupid.
Journalists are supposed to champion the written word, not shit all over it. I worry about how this lingo will affect our future generations as well as the ones living here now.
It’s not out of touch to disagree with how the news does things - I don’t think anyone fully aligns with how news media operates.
There exist valid alternative words like “criticises” “scolds” “blames” instead, and using “BOOMs” and “SLAMS” and “BLASTS” is by definition sensationalist - i.e it manipulates the reader into an emotional reaction to sell the newspaper.
“This is justified,” i hear you say, “because newspapers exist to be sold” - but nay, it is not justified, because reporters also must operate with a social conscience!
A newspaper using trashy trigger words like Blast and Slam is literary pollution - reading these words over and over again shifts the way language is used, and we move away from our more precise and varied vocabulary with words such as “criticise” and “blame.” This is making readers more stupid.
Journalists are supposed to champion the written word, not shit all over it. I worry about how this lingo will affect our future generations as well as the ones living here now.