AP Radicalizes Its 2023 Stylebook with Monstrous Language
We’ve been telling that the radical Left worships at the altar of abortion. Now the Associated Press (AP) has joined that ghoulish congregation. The AP just released a new stylebook meant to dictate what language can be used when reporting on abortion related stories, and you won’t believe this new level of abortion distortion.
As it was reported on Fox News:
The Associated Press announced this week it doesn't find terms like "fetal heartbeat" and "late-term abortion" to be journalistically acceptable, leaving pro-life advocates outraged at what they view as another example of institutional bias on the issue.
The news agency announced Tuesday, "a new entry has been added to the stylebook" in what the company calls the "abortion topical guide." Regarding fetal heartbeat bills and six-week abortion bans, the AP told reporters to avoid the phrases, saying, "The terms are overly broad and misleading given the disagreement over details, such as what constitutes a heartbeat at varying gestational ages."
The AP updates these stylebooks on a regular basis. But this one is so absurd, so offensive in the way it is working to spin journalism in favor of the abortion industry that it’s almost not to be believed. But believe me, it’s very real.
As my dad, ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow summed it up:
The stylebook is to let other media outlets know how to phrase things. For instance during the last Administration when we were so actively involved in Washington, they had ‘how to pronounce Sekulow’ – it was in the stylebook. So now it’s using words, and the abortion language. It’s fascinating what they’ve gone to with this because what it shows you is how the pro-abortion – which they would have you call abortion rights groups, because you can’t say pro-abortion – [side has] influenced the culture when they’ve got the stylebook of the Associated Press saying hey this is the way you need to go.
The radical Left is literally trying to change language, pressuring the media to avoid words like heartbeat or fetal because, hey, wouldn’t want anyone to think they’re doing something evil like ending innocent human lives. Instead, they manipulate language to paint good people as bad, and bad people as good, and tell people the words they’ve known all their lives now mean something different.
The ACLJ is not fooled. Neither are our members. We’re fighting for the lives of defenseless unborn babies in multiple state Supreme Courts across the nation right now, just as we’re defending the rights of pro-life workers to continue their vital work. We cannot slow down, because around every corner there’s another attack on life.
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Today’s full Sekulow broadcast includes more analysis of this AP stylebook which feels like it was literally written by the abortion industry. We’re also joined by ACLJ Senior Advisor for National Security and Foreign Policy Ric Grenell to discuss the imminent removal of Title 42, which will only exacerbate the crisis at our southern border.
Watch the full broadcast below: