09-01-2022, 02:26 PM
(09-01-2022, 01:43 PM)Bytor Wrote:(09-01-2022, 01:23 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: WRPS appear to have scrubbed the media release about the cyclist striking the cruiser from their site.
In other news, two cyclists were injured in separate incidents yesterday.
https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...uries.html
https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...ridge.html
Notice the difference in the language between the two articles.
In the first one: "…after a Dodge SUV hit the rider", and "…when the driver of a pickup truck hit an eight-year-old".
In the second one: "…after a collision with the driver of a pickup truck".
First one active voice about the vehicle hitting the cyclist. Second one passive voice that makes it look it was the cyclist hitting a stationary object.
To be fair the journalist used both passive and active for the first collision:
"The driver of a grey Dodge SUV towing a travel trailer hit the woman, police said."
Although, maybe it's the police who deserve a little credit as the wording is suggested to come from them.
Probably the author is just not thinking about what kind of language to use.
The headlines are both junk though.