The AP Revisits 'Alt-Right' and Adds Guidance on Antifa
Style guidelines for turbulent times
Back in November, John Daniszewski, AP’s vice president for standards, busted out some guidelines for use of the term “alt-right.” Generally, don’t, was what Daniszewski advised, but add a disclaimer like so-called as well as quotes in cases where members of the alt-right are using the term to describe themselves.
And speaking of the so-called “alt-right,” how does one know when to apply the older and unfortunately enduring terms “white nationalist” and “white supremacist”?
Here’s Daniszewski:
White nationalists say that white people are a distinct nation deserving of protection, and therefore they demand special political, legal and territorial guarantees for whites.
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