Saleem Khan

This is my Twitter-chat account. Connect at: @saleemkhan • VR/AR/MR professional resource @JOVRNALISM • Investigative @invstg8net

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Me @saleemkhan

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@wjchat #WJChat #A7 Style guides aren't enough. They're a starting point and must evolve, especially with better information via newsroom inclusion.

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LAST Q! Are the style guides we use adequate for covering diverse people and issues? Why or why not? #wjchat

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@wjchat Slapping labels on people dehumanizes them as a group and contributes to tragedies like this:
https://t.co/ErDjgTkAFp

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@wjchat #WJChat #A6 Be factual, descriptive vs. using labels that stigmatize. Black community is long familiar with it, now…
https://t.co/7pshDjVKaj

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Q6 Is it appropriate to vary descriptions and treatment of criminal acts and suspects by identity? Why? #wjchat

https://t.co/Zfyjq5Zsei

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@wjchat #WJChat #A5 "Sex worker" broadly covers many jobs including prostitution. "Prostitute" requires agency/consent — a job/career choice.

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Q5 Sex workers or Prostitutes? Which term is fair to people involved in that industry? For reference: https://t.co/LvQtPYMsno #wjchat

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@wjchat Me when journalists use "fake news" — itself a propaganda term.

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@wjchat Again, be descriptive and specific.

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@wjchat #WJChat #A4 Journalists: Never use "fake news." It legitimizes an idea of a class of news that is false. Correct: "Hoax" or "propaganda."

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Q4: Is it "fake news"? "Misinformation"? What do we call sites of which appear to be news, but are really not? #wjchat

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@wjchat #WJChat #A3B Call out lies carefully. Essentially, you must be able to show the possibility that fact is not known by the utterer is ~zero.

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Q3B When do you call a lie a lie? #wjchat

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@wjchat #WJChat #A3A Never repeat falsehoods. Research shows that makes them 2-8 times more likely to be entrenched in people's minds.

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Q3A: Chyron operators are now calling out falsehoods as they’re said. How to handle headlines about falsehoods wo perpetuating them? #wjchat

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@wjchat Be descriptive.

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@wjchat #WJChat #A2 Use in context:
Foreign: unclear/no fit …
Refugee: fled danger
Undocumented: no papers/formal entry
Immigrant: all, esp. formal

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Q2: When is someone a "foreign national" or a "refugee" or a "immigrant" or "undocumented"? How do you decide which term to use? #wjchat

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