August 16, 2011

No such thing as an "illegal immigrant"--Fox

Today's reporters are notorious for being politically correct: There are certain terms and phrases that, even though accurate, simply can't used in reporting stories.

Here's an example:
Though most farm workers are here legally, the Pew Hispanic Center estimates that about a quarter of them are ______.
The most logical phrase to complete the sentence is "here illegally." But the actual report used "undocumented"--a euphemism that avoids the implied criticism of "illegally."

The sentence above was used in a story by Fox News reporter Judson Berger. Unknown whether the euphemism was used by Berger or substituted by an editor.

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