The MSM has been criticized for years due to its left-wing bias, but much of it is built in due to blind adherence to the Associated Press Stylebook. AP style used to merely cover things like how to capitalize words, avoid the Oxford comma used in academia, etc. This has been vastly expanded to instruct journalists substantively now, with Orwellian language changes. Much of it is needlessly inflammatory, using divisive words when discussing anything related to the right’s perspective. At the same time, anything regarding the left-wing agenda is sugarcoated, using watered-down, peaceful sounding words and phrases.

The AP Stylebook switched from “African-American” to “Black,” and explained why “white” will still be lowercase in 2020. Its muddled explanation suggests that it’s because white supremacists capitalize the word.

Another word now considered offensive is “able-bodied,” which is replaced by “people who don’t have disabilities” or “nondisabled.” “Special needs” and “special education” are now considered offensive. “Senior citizens,” “seniors” and “elderly” have been replaced by “older adults” or “older people.”