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MILLER: AP calls Bradley Manning a "she" and liberal media fall in line with PC agenda
The Washington Times ^
| Thursday, August 29, 2013
| Emily Miller
Posted on 09/02/2013 5:19:58 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
After being sentenced to 35 years at Leavenworth for betraying his country, Pvt. Bradley Manning said he wants to live as a woman. This reality show drama would normally be an asterisk in an embarrassing case for the American military.
The absurd request, however, will get mainstream recognition now that the Associated Press (AP) announced that all media who follow its vaulted guide should refer to the Wikileaks source as her and Bradley as Chelsea. The political correctness in journalism has hit an all-time low.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: ap; bradleymanning; manning
On Monday night, the AP sent an advisory to subscriber editors which is essentially all professional journalists that it would henceforth use Pvt. Chelsea E. Manning and female pronouns for the soldier formerly known as Bradley Manning, in accordance with her wishes to live as a woman. The rationale was that reporters should use the pronoun preferred by the individuals who have acquired the physical characteristics of the opposite sex or present themselves in a way that does not correspond with their sex at birth.
To: Timber Rattler
Manning is a mentally ill human being being used by the media to push the homofacist agenda.
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posted on
09/02/2013 5:32:14 AM PDT
by
SECURE AMERICA
(Where can I go to sign for the American Revolution 2013 and the Crusades 2013?)
To: Timber Rattler
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posted on
09/02/2013 5:32:22 AM PDT
by
jimfree
(In November 2016 my 13 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
To: Timber Rattler
Well, maybe they’ll kill the bitch in prison.
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posted on
09/02/2013 5:35:25 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
To: Timber Rattler
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posted on
09/02/2013 5:44:22 AM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Timber Rattler
My old AP Stylebook cries out...
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posted on
09/02/2013 5:50:29 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
To: Timber Rattler
Put him in with Bubba and he can live as a woman all he likes. I am sure Bubba doesn’t mind referring to him as his wife.
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posted on
09/02/2013 5:51:41 AM PDT
by
Venturer
( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
To: Timber Rattler
If I was in Manning’s position, I would do the same thing. He is going to get his dick cut off either way he goes. Better to be alive in a women’s prison I suppose. Ouch.
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posted on
09/02/2013 5:52:37 AM PDT
by
ImNotLying
(The MSM bears a close resemblance to the world's oldest profession!)
To: Timber Rattler
Isn’t this person (traitor) obviously Bradley Manning until a legal name change? Isn’t journalism supposed to be about the facts as known rather than wishes?
To: Timber Rattler
I could see this coming... last week on the McLaughlin Group, left winger Eleanor Rodham Clift called him “Chelsea Manning” during the discussion.
To: Timber Rattler
Chelsea Manning another victim of the Conservative War on Women!
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posted on
09/02/2013 6:08:23 AM PDT
by
MrBambaLaMamba
(Obama lies, smokes, blasphemes, eats pork, reads your mail, eavesdrops and drinks during Ramadan)
To: Timber Rattler
Do a chromosome test and let the results settle it!
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posted on
09/02/2013 6:45:43 AM PDT
by
Freestate316
(Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
To: Chode
Not long now.
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posted on
09/02/2013 6:49:17 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Timber Rattler
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posted on
09/02/2013 6:52:12 AM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(The Presidency is broken.)
To: Travis McGee
nope... and i prepare a little more everyday
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posted on
09/02/2013 7:11:23 AM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Timber Rattler
At this point, I am hoping that Private Manning does everyone a favor and hangs himself in his cell. Sure, the left would like it, because they could imagine him a “martyr” (to what?, cross gender traitors?)
But the rest of us would no longer be burdened with ever hearing his name again.
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posted on
09/02/2013 7:16:59 AM PDT
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
(The best War on Terror News is at rantburg.com)
To: Timber Rattler
How about just calling him Convict?
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posted on
09/02/2013 7:31:08 AM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
To: Timber Rattler
I suggest we call it, “IT.”
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posted on
09/02/2013 7:50:35 AM PDT
by
JayAr36
(When an American dies Obama lies. And lies, and lies and lies forever.)
To: Timber Rattler; All
What is a ‘vaulted guide’?
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posted on
09/02/2013 1:54:12 PM PDT
by
pluvmantelo
(Tuffy Gessling, George Zimmerman: They can crash at my pad anytime they like)
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