“A Scottish cycling champion has died after a collision with a van”
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Maybe I’m being oversensitive but I think the media should wait to see if he hit the van, or the van hit him before coming out with phraseology that places the blame on the shoulders of the dead.
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January 16th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Maybe. I wouldn’t have apportioned blame on the basis of that sentence, but that’s probably because I’m a cyclist myself. I’d be more likely to assume the van driver was at fault.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
It seems neutrally phrased to me. It doesn’t say “after he collided with a van”, and to be honest I’m struggling to think of how to more neutrally phrase it.
January 16th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
And if you read further
“Police said a 35-year-old man is to be reported to prosecutors, who will decide if charges should be brought.”
they clearly haven’t apportioned blame yet.
Look beyond the headlines…
January 17th, 2008 at 11:30 am
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As a cyclist I too assumed that it is more probable that the van was too blame, but I don’t agree that the language is neutral.