Associated Press drops “illegal immigrant” from stylebook


Source: ABC News

"The Associated Press, the largest news-gathering outlet in the world, will no longer use the term 'illegal immigrant.' ... AP Stylebook editors sat down with a number of groups who were concerned about their entry on the the term in recent years and 'sought the views of a cross section of AP staffers' on the issue, according to Colford. Kathleen Carroll also noted in the Tuesday blog post that the AP prefers to label 'behavior' rather than 'people,' writing that instead of using the term 'schizophrenic,' the AP now prefers saying that one is 'diagnosed with schizophrenia.'" [editor's note: Right move, wrong reason -- there's no such thing as an "illegal immigrant" because there's no such thing as "illegal immigration" -- the Constitution forbids Congress to regulate immigration - TLK] (04/02/13)

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