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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/past_exonerative
In which journalists use the passive voice to excuse, e.g., police shootings. "The victim was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting." Rather than: "the officer shot and killed the victim."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/07/14/...
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/washington/14mistakes.htm...
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/past_exonerative
In which journalists use the passive voice to excuse, e.g., police shootings. "The victim was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting." Rather than: "the officer shot and killed the victim."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/07/14/...
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/washington/14mistakes.htm...