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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.”
1 posted on 09/02/2013 5:19:59 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

Manning is a mentally ill human being being used by the media to push the homofacist agenda.


2 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?)
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To: Timber Rattler

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3 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)
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To: Timber Rattler

Well, maybe they’ll kill the bitch in prison.


4 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)
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5 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)
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To: Timber Rattler

My old AP Stylebook cries out...


6 posted on 09/02/2013 5:50:29 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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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.


7 posted on 09/02/2013 5:51:41 AM PDT by Venturer ( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
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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.


8 posted on 09/02/2013 5:52:37 AM PDT by ImNotLying (The MSM bears a close resemblance to the world's oldest profession!)
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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?


9 posted on 09/02/2013 5:54:14 AM PDT by major-pelham
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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.


10 posted on 09/02/2013 6:03:14 AM PDT by Mannaggia l'America
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To: Timber Rattler

Chelsea Manning another victim of the Conservative War on Women!


11 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)
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To: Timber Rattler

Do a chromosome test and let the results settle it!


12 posted on 09/02/2013 6:45:43 AM PDT by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: Chode
Not long now.


13 posted on 09/02/2013 6:49:17 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Timber Rattler

It’s prisoner Manning.


14 posted on 09/02/2013 6:52:12 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (The Presidency is broken.)
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To: Travis McGee
nope... and i prepare a little more everyday
15 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)
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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.


16 posted on 09/02/2013 7:16:59 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (The best War on Terror News is at rantburg.com)
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How about just calling him Convict?


17 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.)
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To: Timber Rattler

I suggest we call it, “IT.”


18 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.)
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To: Timber Rattler; All

What is a ‘vaulted guide’?


19 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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