It is a sign of how messed up is our autoism that even in what appears to be a clear attack at the US Capitol, the early news stories erase the driver.
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| Front page of the SJ website just before noon |
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| Four paragraphs down, they mention a driver |
The SJ isn't alone. AP, NPR, Bloomberg all erase the driver, but CBS gets it right.
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| via Twitter |
For many previous posts on the habit in police and news reporting to erase the driver see here.
Addendum, Saturday
Here are three headlines from Saturday's newspapers.
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| A mixture of descriptions |
The SJ/USA Today version splits the difference, using "car strikes" in the dek, but "a man rammed" in the article. The NY Times clearly says "driver rams car."
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Added some newspaper clips from the print versions.
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