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Estelle Platini<p>"The bank was robbed yesterday with guns and knives."</p><p>‘ Such use of passive voice immerses the reader in details while neglecting the doer of the action’.</p><p>Study: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364964200_The_Use_of_Passive_Voice_in_News_Reports_for_Political_Purposes" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">researchgate.net/publication/3</span><span class="invisible">64964200_The_Use_of_Passive_Voice_in_News_Reports_for_Political_Purposes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fragility" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fragility</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/passiveVoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>passiveVoice</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/passiveForm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>passiveForm</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>information</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/proZionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>proZionism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/OngoingNakba" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OngoingNakba</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GenocideJoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenocideJoe</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>manipulation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/warCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>warCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coloniality" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coloniality</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/callToGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>callToGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/reputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>reputation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/whiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>whiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/institutionsDeceive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>institutionsDeceive</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DumpTheGuardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DumpTheGuardian</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NYT</span></a></p>
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