Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities ...

We’re surrounded with loaded language. Whether it’s mass media, politics, or the people around us, someone is always trying to use words and phrases to support their agenda and to change our minds in ...

Does this word grate on your nerves when presidential campaigners use it? Or, does “great” invigorate your spirit, building pride in the U.S.? “Great” connects with some voters but repels others. A ...

Sometimes it’s the offhand remark that’s the most telling. Indeed, the way we Americans casually, often unthinkingly, incorporate gun metaphors into our everyday slang says a lot about how deeply ...

Former Heaven's Gate member Sawyer recalls how heavily regimented life was in the cult, and how they had their own names for everything, including underwear, which were called "seed covers." A cult ...

Physicians who use stigmatizing language in their patients' medical records may negatively affect the care those patients get for years to come. Be careful what you write, physicians. Recording ...

I respect the Tribune’s right to put editorials in the paper, but I prefer that they be specifically labeled as such, and not disguised as news reporting. Jan Crawford Greenburg’s front page story on ...

The expressions ‘illegal migration’ or ‘illegal border crossing’ have been a staple in the anti-immigration narrative for many years. Initially being the mainstay of tabloids and conservative ...