Of course the Society of Professional Journalists would have a “Diversity Committee.” How else could liberals continue on with the thought policing of which they became so fond in college? Now, according to the SPJ’s The Quill, they think the AP style book should be changed to provide amnesty to illegal aliens until they are proven to be in the U.S. illegally.
Frequent use of the phrases “illegal immigrant” and “illegal alien” by our mainstream media is being questioned in order to remain faithful to the principles of our U.S. Constitution.
SPJ’s Diversity Committee met during the 2010 convention in Las Vegas and decided to engage in a yearlong educational campaign designed to inform and sensitize journalists as to the best language to use when writing and reporting on undocumented immigrants.
Megyn Kelly picked up on the topic at Fox News. Now, TPM is taking out after her. Given that so many self-professed journalists so routinely perform journalistic malpractice of the JournoList variety today, in the spirit of being certain, I propose we stop calling all of them journalists. We can just call them something fun, like typing monkeys, until we’re absolutely convinced they are capable of producing something akin to objective journalism, as opposed to the usual liberal spew they regularly regurgitate on cue.
Unfortunately, thanks to foolish constructs like the SPJ’s diversity committee, what was once thought to be a vital, objective and independent force in American democracy – journalism, is very often little more than liberal tripe. Genuine free thinkers need no longer apply.
Plenty of conservatives are pretty upset over a campaign by the Society of Professional Journalists to convince reporters to stop using the terms “illegal aliens” and “illegal immigrants” in favor of “undocumented immigrant.” But none are as livid as perpetually outraged Fox News host Megyn Kelly, who on Wednesday afternoon asked if journalists were going to start calling rapists “non-consensual sex partners” next.
“You could say that a burglar is an unauthorized visitor. You know, you could say that a rapist is a non-consensual sex partner which, obviously, would be considered offensive to the victims of those crimes,” Kelly said. “So how far could you take this?”
Follow Us on Twitter
Subscribe via RSS
Got a Tip?
82 Comments
Another absurd disinterpretation of the First Amendment,
or are we redefining the word "illegal" and I missed the memo?
Well now. It looks like the Journolist is officially out of the closet and dancing around in drag.
Those typing monkeys never cease to amaze me. Illegal alien immigrant people have absolutely no right to usurp the laws of the United States. Has any of those typing monkeys (I'm beginning to like this) ever interviewed a large number of naturalized citizens who adhered to the law and gained their citizenship legally, unlike illegal aliens?
Those typing pimp-pansy's also never inform readers that by learning the basic civic lessons required for citizenship one is better able to assimilate into American society, and will feel less need to cling to their former cultures at the detriment of the United States, unlike unlawful Mexican Emigre's.
"Now, according to the SPJ’s The Quill, they think the AP style book should be changed to provide amnesty to illegal aliens until they are proven to be in the U.S. illegally."
But of course NO ONE is allowed to question anyone's legal status, so ……….who could prove anything right? Isn't it a cute 'lil game we play? You really are clever you folks at 'The Quill'…….Hey~!!! Here's a hoot~!! Why don't we give paychecks to anyone who's at 'The Quill' on payday……..unless they are proven to not actually work there. (But your not allowed to question them on there employment status…of course)
Stupid asses.
…not to mention the classic change from "drug dealer" to "urban pharmacist".
Cocaine use is "unlicensed pharmaceutical." (Actually, cocaine was a wonderful drug (especially as a topical anesthetic) used in the medical community – why we allow those who abuse it to deprive us of it is a shame)
"Of course the Society of Professional Journalists would have a 'Diversity Committee.'" I'm hoping someone could explain why an effort to expand points of view would be seen as negative? I suppose I could be misinformed, but it seems to me that there is much ignorance in the world and that including diverse points of view, which sometimes means backgrounds, helps to keep us from making the same mistakes we've made in the past.
Orwellian.
This woman objects to the lableing/wording or whatever, well then don't wear the label by working illegally or squatting illegally in another country. Duh…
and …. the "society" of of professional journalists?
A Society? More like a group of social snots.
Obviously they hold and think themselves above the minons they preach to.
Newspeak – verbal dillution –
Known (and successful) methods for advancing causes –
Incidentally, Chris Matthews himself has declared yesterday that "democrats have no interest in controlling illegal immigration" –
We know that, Chris – and the proceedings and outcome of the latest California election show that the Democrats know that too, and why they have no interest in controlling illegal immigration –
It's about them becoming the PRI of N America -
Of course it's OK. this way they can convince us that white is black, up is down, and wet is dry. We'll just change the name of things to much less offensive things. Mustn't offend anybody that's breaking our laws. Make bad things sound nice. What wonderful doublespeak.
Weren't you able to comprehend the meaning of the article? To relabel criminals as something other than criminals to advance a political point of view is directly out of 1984.
The Society of Professional Journalists …. the name itself is a gross charade.
Journalism used to be a profession dedicated to the diligent chronicling of daily events.
Journalism today is …. not journalism in the majority of cases.
It is just slimy POV advertising.
Circulation drops, ratings plummet …. and they plead for a Fairness Doctrine to survive.
Great.
More Thule science from numbnuts.
The Society of Professional Journalists has long since become a major embarrassment to those of us who actually work in the journalism trenches. They're pure PC group think. So now they want to call illegal aliens "undocumented immigrants"? Well, you can call a man a short term relationship consultant, but he's still a pimp.
I watched Mrs. Kelly's report on this. Their use of the word "livid" to describe her professional, calm observation is like calling Joel Osteen's sermon's shrill rants.
I guess it's time for me to send out my viral emails again talking about ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Please join me………..
Megyn Kelly makes the lefties go nuts – beauty, brains, wit AND A MOUTH adds up to "livid" to Lefties. Funny… In MY book, Megyn Kelly is intelligent, engaging, thought-provoking and therefore very HOT! And – oh yeah! – Megyn's real easy on the eyes, too.
I think we need to redefine the word "journalist". That's for sure.
Actually, your post gave me an idea. I'd love to see ads on t.v. of interviews of people who came here legally. Oh, wait, I think Fox's Real American Stories already does this. Well, someone should pay to put something like this up on mainstream media channels.
Illegal shyte from any country should be hunted down and they should have a bounty on them. I say $100 per arrest.
The bounty hunter gets paid when the scum are delivered to a deportation center where the felons are photographed, fingerprinted DNA tested and country of origin found. Then if no outstanding crimes they are deported to their own country. If they will not admit which country they are taken to the nearest border,
Illegals when they see this process is working and wish to surrender their sorry a$$es will be given free transoport back to their original country.
Bounty hunters would get a much higher bounty for any illegal Islamic types.
the jobs done by illegals will then be done by young fit americans who decided that not working hard at school and not getting a job have discovered that the welfare system does not look after them any more
"give paychecks to anyone who's at 'The Quill' on payday"
another excellent example of how the lefties always support illegal immigration until you go from the abstract big picture to most any specific circumstance. would they allow a single stranger to invade their homes or businesses? of course not! millions invade the country? sure, why not?
Because when the left uses the term "Diversity", they actually mean diversity of skin color, gender, sexual orientation, etc., but under NO circumstances whatsoever will they tolerate diversity of thought. it would be lovely if they actually meant "diverse points of view", but they don't.
Don't upset poor Katie. She's still ecstatic that her chocolate rations were increased this week from 30 grams to 25 grams.
I think that has already been done!
I LEARNED ALL I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SOCIALISM FROM THE NAZIS
.
Hey, SPJ: The Stenographers' Union called with a merger proposal.
Nuclear is a clean effective source of power too, but we allow moronic liberals to deprive us of it. Coal is the most effective abundant energy source known to man but moronic liberals are working hard to deprive us of it. So why should your damn nose candy be any different?
These so called journalist are just asscracks
The left has infiltrated almost every group and society in this country. Next, the Mothers against Drunk Driving, MADD, will be saying that if they took away our cars the problem would be solved.
Who cares what they do. They have been replaced by the alternative media and Fox anyway and are going broke everywhere you look. The marketplace will deal with these lefties now, they are toast.
LOL
Well said!
I love the term 'typing monkeys'. But unfortunately, it only fits the naive, lobotomized or dim witted. 'Collaborating propagandists' seems more fitting for the majority. Maybe the most effective remedy for handling these thought police weasels is to beat them at their own game… turn the tables, invert/change meanings and definitions of words…
Henceforth, 'journalist' becomes a pejorative, denoting total lack of ethics/objectivity and/or the inability to discern reality. Now we just a replacement word denoting honor, creditability, and truth teller… Your thoughts..
I wish every one of these useful idiots had to appear before "Megyn's Court". She's the best! Gotta love her! I wouldn't want to miss an episode!!
Seems like the simple action would be if someone is arrested on charges of illegal entry your simply write up what the official law enforcement charge is with the word "alleged" in the sentence, just as you would if someone was arrested on allegations of burglary, robbery, drug possession, sexual assault, etc. You don't spend time trying to cone up with new unwieldy euphemisms for the charge just because you disagree with government policy.
How about, Border Crossing Experts.
"…helps to keep us from making the same mistakes we've made in the past."
Yes!
Like when REAGAN gave all these illegal alien criminals AMNESTY.
How did THAT work out?
Are all illegal aliens applying for legal paperwork?
Are there fewer illegal alien criminals in the US?
Yes, AMNESTY for ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIMINALS
is a BIG MISTAKE that we must KEEP FROM REPEATING.
The SPJ doesn't really exist, does it Dan? Where have they been as journalistic standards have gone right down the toilet? I'd sue for malpractice. It must be a college fraternity, like Delta House. Toga Party!
The hue and cry over SP1070 is that law enforcement will require a person to show me your papers on request.
Now they prefer to be called undocumented?
If the term illegal immigrant is tossed, next will they cry it's insensitive when their legal counterparts are called documented immigrants?
How about calling them ILLEGAL INFILTRATORS?? Oh and another thing,,,,, I did not vote this stupid club into office and don't give a darn what they feel is right. If the infiltrators don't like to be called illegal aliens then they should go home. Problem solved!!!
I wonder if Woodward and Bernstein ever belonged to a group that told them what to say and how to say it??
Toga, Toga, Toga…..
Professional Travel Agents?
Hmmm… The Columbia School of Typing Monkeys. Rolls off the tongue like a nice squishy loogie!
I thought journalists survived by understanding words.
What is it about the word "illegal" they do not understand?
The only "rights" to which illegal aliens in this country should be entitled are those of due process as they are taken into our legal system and then released back into the countries where their presence is legal.
I say we do a sit-in protest at The Quill office next payday. "Si, se puede!"
I like this. How about $500 for any illegal that has broken any other misdemeanor law and $1000 if it is a felony law.
They were bigger grams. They came in bigger boxes.
Hey, they're just trying to catch up with the L.A. Times.
Hey, they're just promoting what the L.A. Times has been doing for years, along with most L.A. TV and radio stations.
By the way, the fact that they dropped the words murderer, rapist, thief and a host of others thirty years or so ago, in favor of the word suspect, showed they had lost their cajones long ago. Someone is caught in the act, or has a shoot-out with police, and he is still called a suspect? The Neutered Typing Monkeys have been at it a long, long time.
How about changing SPJ to the Society of Unprofessional Typing Monkeys?
I think you are on to something, your "agents" could form a union and demand citizenship and reparations for their hardships for having to come here illegally.
These people taking the extreme left wing liberal stand and calling themselves "JOURNALISTS" is OFFENSIVE TO ME !!
In the 1990's I found one of many effective ways to disarm a liberal was to quote Al Bundy (of "Married with Children" fame). Seems that they could just not appreciate the pithiness of this homespun philosopher. Well now it seems that Red Forman ("That '70's Show) may have to replace old Al for pithiness. So to each of the typing monkeys out there I quote Red Forman, "Dumb Ass".
Wanna' go into business?? Do they have to be alive?
OPPS! and can we include jourlnutses on the bounty program??
that's what the coyotes put on their business cards…
My favorite effort to call a spade something else is found in reports produced by Pew Hispanic Center. Beginning in 2005 they settled on the name "unauthorized migrant." Read carefully as they explain themselves:
“The term ‘unauthorized migrant’ best encompasses the population in our data because many migrants now enter the country or work using counterfeit documents and thus are not really ‘undocumented’ in the sense that they have documents, but not completely legal documents.”
Cocaine is still being used by doctors and dentists… controlled though…
Lidocaine is used as an effective alternative to Cocaine as a topical anesthetic by the public at large…
About the "Diversity Committee", from the SPJ website:
"This committee's purpose is to promote a broader voice in newsrooms across the country and expand the depth and quality of news reports through better sourcing. Its ongoing project is the compilation of experts — primarily women, gays and lesbians, people of color and people with disabilities — through the Society's Diversity Source Book. The Society's relevance to its member is based on inclusiveness."
So it's less about "points of view" as it is about skin clolor and what people do with their genitals in their free time.
Its easy to condone something that you do not have to pay for under the pretenses of being "professional"! But those of us who actually read what these morons write know that "professional journalists" are as real as the "easter bunny" and "santa claus"!
Absolutely!–You can polish a "turd" and its still a "turd"!
As a retired "real" journalist, I'm in mourning.
The only think "professional" these Jornolisters do is the way they collectively stick there noses up Sore Asses fat kiester.
Bright Barters.
Yep-especially of Sore Ass, Lenin,Marx, Mao, Castro etc. Bolshevik Blowhards.
Certainly MUCH easier than say Rachel the MADCOW(talk about LIVING UP to your name)or Nasty the Piglosi(Medusa might be her only competition)
Winston-great idea-who knows, maybe it might be a new line of work for Duanne "dog" Chapman. After all, he certainly owes the mexican govt no favors.
Isn't the new defination one who bloviates without the knowledge or basic skills to do actual journalism. If that be the case, there isn't a real journalist on one of the marxist, socialist media networks.
We are going to need an entirely new dictionary of PC words as envisioned by the alleged "journalists" who are now the self appointed censors of the written word. Soros will be proud.
Of course it's about "ignorance" and "including diverse points of view".
And I got a bridge in Brooklyn for ya, real cheap.
It's about changing the meanings of words and terms in order to control people. You need to re-read 1984 and pay more attention to what is going on around you.
If you come into this country WITHOUT PERMISSION YOU ARE AN ILLEGAL. PERIOD END OF STORY.
"Well, you can call a man a short term relationship consultant, but he's still a pimp."
LOL! That's a good one.
Reminds me of the Politically Incorrect Bedtime Stories where a horse is an "equine companion".
I know others have probably mentioned this, but when things like this come up, I'm always reminded of "1984". Doublespeak. Newspeak.
It's frickin' creepy.
Many Americans may be aware that this stuff is ridiculous, but they have to be ready to stand up and be counted as those that are against this kind of thing.
Being the "silent majority" didn't do us any good over the last few decades. We need to loud and clear.
Actually, I call them criminal invaders. The minute they illegally cross the border, they become criminals and our invading are Country. Simple.
The SPJ needs to be attacked as a racist organization. Serious. This is the journalist police that sets standards for reporting and journalists. Liberals use this as cover to validate inaccurate liberal reporting and turn it into propaganda.
.
They are immigrating illegally. The name literally implies the illegal act they are committing. I am so sick and tired of this mess. Maybe I'm too stringent on this but I think anyone who openly and willingly supports our borders being infiltrated by these criminals should be charged with treason. They are choosing to support an activity that hurts America's sovereignty, which is treason.
If we just let them come in and take over, we, as a nation, will become what Mexico has become. Just take a look at what goes on down there. Does anyone really want America to become that way??? Ugh, these people make me sick.
Although they're nothing more than propganda-pimps I suppose they're entitled to their opinions, even though we already know what they are. As far as illegal aliens go; vamanos!
Love it! The added panache would drive the Lefties nuts…
How many undocumented immigrants belong to the SPJ?
The article *does not* represent the views of SPJ or its Diversity Committee. It represents the views of the author. A disclaimer has been added at the beginning of the article to make that clear.
I am a member of the SPJ board in San Diego, and for the record, I think "illegal immigrant" is the proper terminology. I've written about this misunderstanding: http://sdrostra.com/?p=11155
Society of Professional Journalists. Shouldn't they be called the Society of Professional Propagandists?
I'll go with a new term: illegal vermin.
As a retired journalist, I continue to be in mourning.
I must say that I find some of this thread offensive to monkeys.
Yeah, I doubt that the average monkey troop would ever let any graduate of the Columbia School of Typing Monkeys into their grooming party.
Hmmm. I can't seem to get past the title "Professional Journalists". Somehow, it doesn't fit.
You must be logged in to post a comment.