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The famous @nytimes passive voice is about taking sides and emotionally identifying with the powerful. newrepublic.com/article/157942/tear-gas-doesnt-deploy currentaffairs.org/2018/05/israel-and-the-passive-voice
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But the switch to official confirmation is about regimes of truth, who is authorized to narrate the reality of violence. Of course, reporters feel authorized to narrate violence by lower classes, dangerous foreigners, and official enemies. But not up the hierarchy.