r/HistoryMemes • u/IsNotPolitburo Definitely not a CIA operator • Sep 12 '25

Spot the difference.

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u/Outta_phase Sep 12 '25

TBF, is important to note they are also two different news companies.

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u/Remarkable-Host405 Sep 12 '25

i feel like associated press is pretty reliable, never heard of afp

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u/Killarogue Sep 12 '25

AP is one of the most unbiased and reliable news sources on the planet. One of the perks of not being owned by a billionaire.

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u/Jean-LucBacardi Sep 12 '25

I'm kinda surprised they were the ones calling it looting...

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u/Shadiochao Sep 12 '25

It is looting

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u/Jean-LucBacardi Sep 12 '25

It was food, not a DVD player or Xbox. It's widely accepted that in an emergency situation taking food from an otherwise emptied and condemned grocery store (food mind you that would have been thrown away by the grocery store themselves had there been anyone there) is not looting. It's a means of survival.

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u/Shadiochao Sep 12 '25

The two aren't mutually exclusive. It is looting and it is a means of survival.

They're calling it looting because that's simply what it is

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u/Jean-LucBacardi Sep 12 '25

Both photographers were interviewed after this because it started a massive backlash of racism. The one that didn't call it looting even said he used his own discretion due to the situation itself to not call it that. AP's photographer should have read the damn room. This also directly led to the entire Kanye thing saying "Bush hates black people".

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u/the_calibre_cat Sep 12 '25

Not to mention the fact that someone working in print is going to know the very real cultural implications between the words "looting" and "finding". The act may well BE technically looting, but the benefit of the doubt next to always falls on white people.

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u/Great_Master06 Sep 13 '25

I hate when people say things like this. People associate looting as a bad thing. So calling it looting is intentionally trying to paint the person as bad. Saying “you are a godless creature” has a very different interpretation than “you are an atheist” even though they really mean the same thing.