Reporting Stylebook
The Ministry of Truth has published a guiding light for journalism which bans certain words and encourages journalists to be as precise and accurate as possible by using the approved Newspeak vocabulary. For example, media influencers should reject descriptions such as "undocumented", because it is not precise (and is also harmful). Such a person may have plenty of documents, just not the ones required for legal residence. One should only use "illegal" to refer to an action, not a person, and should be cautious about describing people as having violated immigration laws without attribution. If required, they should describe how laws were violated and who determined the behavior to be unlawful. Words matter!
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