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minus-squarechuckleslordlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·22 hours agoYes, they wouldn’t use an incorrect word. But look at NBC coverage of the tea party pushing the GOP rightward. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna43060886 Not a single use of the word insurgent, even though it also makes sense to do so here.
minus-squareTheTechnician27linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·edit-222 hours agoa) That’s Reuters. b) You really dug back fifteen years for this? c) Damn, crazy how different authors 15 years apart writing for different publications wouldn’t use the exact same word. Edit: Anyway, here’s an AP article from 16 years ago syndicated to NBC News if that’s your standard of evidence.
Yes, they wouldn’t use an incorrect word. But look at NBC coverage of the tea party pushing the GOP rightward.
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna43060886
Not a single use of the word insurgent, even though it also makes sense to do so here.
a) That’s Reuters.
b) You really dug back fifteen years for this?
c) Damn, crazy how different authors 15 years apart writing for different publications wouldn’t use the exact same word.
Edit: Anyway, here’s an AP article from 16 years ago syndicated to NBC News if that’s your standard of evidence.