Monday, September 05, 2005

"Looters"

From Poyter.org posted Sept. 2 http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45

Wisconsin editor tells staff not to use "looting" in captions
Romenesko Letters
Randolph D. Brandt of the Racine (Wis.) Journal Times wants his staff to use "taking." He writes: "We're not there. We can't really judge. In a flooded city that's been without largely supplies for a week, 'looting' could very well mean survival."
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