Good post. I like journalists to use words that don’t unfairly prejudice the audience in one direction or another.

One of the reasons journalists tend to use loaded words is that they have impact with their audiences. When trying to get someone to adopt more neutral language, it’s important not to go too far toward blandness, or they will end up going back to their more lively (and perhaps biased) language.

I have had the press mis-state my words and sometimes they can be ruthless.

Mike