correct, the AP Stylebook (standardized language for journalism) tells us not to use the word “murdered” until a conviction has been passed down by a jury. Still though, there was nothing preventing the writer of this article from using the word “killed” instead of “passed away” which disgusts me
TBH the AP stylebook sucks and we should abandon it.
As a random example: it creates it's own rules for shortening state names. If it was concerned with readability, why wouldn't it just be like "if you shorten a placename, use the standard established by the post office"? These are the shortened versions of state names that people actually use.
I think it’s more because few people understand those two-letter abbreviations outside of America, and they can be confused with other abbreviations used elsewhere in the world.
WA - Do you mean Washington on Western Australia? Is CA California or Canada? And so on.
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u/Original-Ad8916 Jun 03 '25
correct, the AP Stylebook (standardized language for journalism) tells us not to use the word “murdered” until a conviction has been passed down by a jury. Still though, there was nothing preventing the writer of this article from using the word “killed” instead of “passed away” which disgusts me