Monday, June 25, 2018
Scandals Sanitized With Linguistic Trickery
Word games that the "average joe" doesn't have time to decipher...
At Townhall.com, - Victor Davis Hanson tells us about them:
"If the IG report on the Clinton email scandal is any guide to these upcoming investigations, expect widespread abuse of the English language to warp reality.
The media is using the antiseptic "informant" in place of the cruder but more accurate "spy" or "mole."
The off-putting but accurate "wiretapping" has become the more professional "surveillance."
The sanitized "improper" always sounds cleaner than the more accurate "illegal."
In sum, "2016" could make a logical sequel to "1984.""
