The Associated Press Twitter account apologized for a recent style suggestion that provided a less 'dehumanizing' alternative to the term 'the French.'
Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy provides insight into President Biden's meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron ahead of the state dinner on 'Special Report with Bret Baier.'apologized for a recent tweet suggesting that"the French" was a"dehumanizing" term, acknowledging that it"caused unintended offense."
The original tweet that put the AP in hot water with social media users came from the @APStylebook account on Thursday. It suggested doing away with"dehumanizing ‘the’ labels," including"the poor" and, inexplicably,"the French."It read,"We recommend avoiding general and often dehumanizing ‘the’ labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled, the college-educated. Instead, use wording such as people with mental illnesses.
As Fox News Digital mentioned Thursday, even the French Embassy in the U.S.’ official Twitter account dunked on the Associated Press for its Twitter blunder. It tweeted,"I guess this is us now…" and shared screenshot of its account name"French Embassy U.S." being changed to ‘Embassy of Frenchness in the US."
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