Any apology made in the passive voice is CYA. God forbid they say “we made a mistake,” oh no, “a mistake was made.” Nice and impersonal, almost as if the mistake made itsef. No responsibility.
“Any apology made in the passive voice is CYA. God forbid they say “we made a mistake,” oh no, “a mistake was made.” Nice and impersonal, almost as if the mistake made itsef. No responsibility.”
The entire statement was (re)written by lawyers, you can bank on that. Completely worthless, just like their broadcasts. I watch them in order to know and understand the enemy. Now, a good part of their nightly news is weather (which was almost never discussed on national news except for land-falling hurricanes, or tornadoes with fatalities years ago). Their purchase of the Weather Channel was certainly designed to give them tools to push the “climate change” agenda. You know that they are bad when ABC seems downright right-wing in comparison.
Your keen observation on passive voice is very helpful here. It really distances and weakens what it said...
Try using “passive voice” when you are caught doing something wrong at work with your boss, at home with your wife, or in court with a judge, and see how far that goes!