AP Apologizes for Its ‘the French’ Tweet

The largest newswire in the United States, The Associated Press, apologized following the ridicule it endured for its tweet referencing “the French.”

In a since-deleted tweet, APStylebook recommended this week that writers avoid using “the” in phrases like “the disabled, the poor, and the French.”

It could be dehumanizing, it said, according to the BBC.

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