[Ads-l] Sanewashing
Nancy Friedman
wordworking at GMAIL.COM
Fri Sep 20 21:55:16 UTC 2024
Not just O'Donnell! See my September 9 Substack, which includes Ben
Zimmer's antedating of “sanewashing" to 2007:
https://fritinancy.substack.com/p/word-of-the-week-sanewashing
Nancy Friedman
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On Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 12:20 PM James Landau <
00000c13e57d49b8-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
> An outfit called the "Juggernaut Project" sent me an email saying "Stop
> sanewashing Donald Trump" and included this explanation:
> <quote>Media integrity is under threat as outlets like The New York Times
> sanitize former President Donald Trump’s incoherent statements, a practice
> Lawrence O'Donnell calls "sane-washing."
> <end quote>
> James Landau
> jjjrlandau at netscape.com
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