When the name of an organization is a lie, journalists should realize they have a dilemma. (Spoiler: They don't realize this, or don't care.)
The Murdoch family's Fox "News" is a prime example. I put the quotes around the second word of the name every time I use it, and subsequent references in whatever I'm writing just say Fox.
I wish all journalists would do the same. Again, they won't. But every time they don't, they are amplifying n evil company's willful deceit about what it is.
Dan Gillmor /
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