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AP changes writing style to capitalize ‘b’ in Black when referring to race

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by TheSportsPredictor, Jun 19, 2020.

  1. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Humanizing mistresses:


     
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  2. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Doesn’t mistress have an implied BDSM context for some people?

    And does “sugar baby” fit into the new AP Stylebook guideline?

    On a more serious note, they came back a day later with a valid explanation:

     
  3. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    Further new guidance by AP to not call anything involving A-Rod a "relationship", since the term connotes commitment and stability where none exists.
     
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  4. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    2368C9AD-D0E1-45BF-A661-B3F6C85C5BA7.jpeg Wasn’t sure where to post this, it is worth posting.
    The Oxford Comma
     
  5. Mngwa

    Mngwa Well-Known Member

    I laughed. Out loud. And possibly snorted.
     
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  6. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    Imagine the kind of moral depravity it takes to dedicate a book to Ayn Rand.
     
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