Journalists finally advised to stop referring to all veterans as former snipers, Special Forces

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Journalists finally advised to stop referring to all veterans as former snipers, Special Forces

"Sharpshooter" doesn't mean what you think it means.

BY MAX HAUPTMAN | PUBLISHED JUN 8, 2022 3:30 PM
 
Better late than never.

A new update to the Associated Press style guide wants journalists to be more specific when writing about service members and veterans.


“Don’t use the term military training broadly,” the official account for the AP Style Book tweeted on Tuesday. “Be specific: She pointed to her six months as a Marine captain in Iraq, not she pointed to her military training.”


You’ve probably seen it before – military terminology being misinterpreted to make someone seem like the ultimate badass trained warrior.

When Marine veteran Michael Foy was charged with participating in rioting at the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, he was described in a government brief as a “former Marine trained in combat.” Another way to describe Foy would be an equipment mechanic who “served from 2015 to 2019 with the 2nd Maintenance Battalion out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, earning the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.” In other words, a fairly routine enlistment.

https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/associated-press-style-guide-military-service/

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Better late than never.

 

[PeteS in CA]

I wonder how many "journalists" served in the military or otherwise have acquired enough knowledge about the military to know what they write/talk about.

[GtHawk]

I think we should refer to journalists, at least the majority, as snipers since they are always sniping members of the military and conservatives.


snip·ing
/ˈsnīpiNG/
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noun
1.
the action of shooting at someone from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range.
"sniping assumed great importance during WWI, especially where trench warfare was prevalent"
2.
the action of verbally attacking someone in a sly or petty way.
"there has been some sniping about inept leadership"[/b]

There is nothing sly about what these pissants come up with.