We say murder and it’s understood as people talking about what happened. When a news outlet says murder it’s considered reporting a legal conviction. There are good reasons why these conventions exist. And it’s the same as why headlines weren’t saying Luigi Mangionr murdered Brian Thompson.
You bet there were. There were many that also just said shot/shooting. Many non-US western outlets are using killed/killing in the headline. US outlets use a mixture of language even within the same outlet, or won’t have it in the outline but will have it in the text. Here’s a title from CBS
https://youtu.be/HSKaceREFlQ
I’m not saying there isn’t an overall bias towards distancing law enforcement from killings from words that carry negative connotations–there is. I was adding context to how “murder” is used in media and now I’m suggesting that some major outlets see what’s going on and are calling it what it is directly within the bounds of good journalism.
You’re right. It should say “murdered”.
Yeah, I’d agree that would be an improvement on the headline.
We say murder and it’s understood as people talking about what happened. When a news outlet says murder it’s considered reporting a legal conviction. There are good reasons why these conventions exist. And it’s the same as why headlines weren’t saying Luigi Mangionr murdered Brian Thompson.
Bet it said killed though.
You bet there were. There were many that also just said shot/shooting. Many non-US western outlets are using killed/killing in the headline. US outlets use a mixture of language even within the same outlet, or won’t have it in the outline but will have it in the text. Here’s a title from CBS https://youtu.be/HSKaceREFlQ
I’m not saying there isn’t an overall bias towards distancing law enforcement from killings from words that carry negative connotations–there is. I was adding context to how “murder” is used in media and now I’m suggesting that some major outlets see what’s going on and are calling it what it is directly within the bounds of good journalism.
Was she stabbed?
She was shot repeatedly in the face.
Have you been living under a rock for the last 24 hours?
What possible difference does the manner of her death make? A jackbooted fascist thug murdered her.
Then what’s wrong with saying “fatally shot”?
Passive voice
It’s not passive voice. The ICE agent is identified as the subject.
Word salad to muddy the waters IMO.
Killed is the word. Not life ending weapon related accident.
Fatally shot implies the possibility that she was to blame.
That’s not how I interpret it. I interpret it as not assigning blame either way, which is typical for a news organization.