{"id":1826689,"date":"2023-01-27T19:34:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T00:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1826689"},"modified":"2023-01-27T19:36:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T00:36:55","slug":"ap-deletes-cringe-tweet-to-not-call-the-french-the-french-after-being-mocked-by-among-others-the-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ap-deletes-cringe-tweet-to-not-call-the-french-the-french-after-being-mocked-by-among-others-the-french\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Deletes Cringe Tweet To Not Call The French \u2018The French\u2019 After Being Mocked By, Among Others, The French"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fap-deletes-cringe-tweet-to-not-call-the-french-the-french-after-being-mocked-by-among-others-the-french%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1826689&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/associated-press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> After being mocked mercilessly for tweeting to instruct journalists not to call French people, I was forced to retrace my steps \u201cthe French.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The AP Stylebook posted a tweet Thursday morning instructing journalists working with the organization to not use the hashtag. \u201cdehumanizing\u201d Collective terms for people such as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-poor-the-mentally-ill-the-french-whats-with-the-morons-at-the-associated-press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the French<\/a>.\u201d The US Embassy in France mocked the tweet. The AP retracted Friday&#8217;s tweet, but it didn&#8217;t make the situation any worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recommend avoiding general and often dehumanizing \u2018the\u2019 labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled, the college-educated. Instead, use wording such as people with mental illnesses,\u201d The tweet was written by the AP Stylebook. \u201cAnd use these descriptions only when clearly relevant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users mocked the tweet mercilessly and almost immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI agree, these days we probably should label \u2018the college-educated\u2019 people with mental illnesses instead,\u201d Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1618686125392146433?s=20&#038;t=MruxSUUvDApOvrVDBf2muw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Shapiro<\/a> replied to the AP\u2019s tweet. \u201cAlso, we should stop calling people \u2018the French\u2019 and instead call them \u2018people suffering from cheese-eating surrender monkeyness,\u2019\u201d He concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI agree; \u2018People suffering from pretension\u2019 is much more humane than simply \u2018the French,\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpencerKlavan\/status\/1618683702070108160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spencer Klavan<\/a>Claremont Review of Books Associate Editor, wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe the correct AP label is \u2018the\/those f***ing French,\u2019\u201d Comic. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonstewart\/status\/1618713836311429120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Stewart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy favorite movie is The Connection With Frenchness,\u201d Comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeremyMcLellan\/status\/1618673301479636992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeremy McClellan<\/a> tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AP has declared the word \u2018the\u2019 offensive,\u201d Babylon Bee Editor-in-Chief <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_Kyle_Mann\/status\/1618981429479895041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle Mann<\/a> wrote. \u201cI thought this was a @TheBabylonBee story for a second \u2013 and I run The Babylon Bee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twitter CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1619066176113606656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1619066176113606656%7Ctwgr%5E87e51ca88097522b05dd64f57dbef464894b1559%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fsamj-3930%2F2023%2F01%2F27%2Felon-musk-has-just-1-question-for-the-ap-after-they-called-the-a-dehumanizing-label-and-bahaha%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> Even the dogpile was a part of it. \u201cSo then why do call yourself \u2018The\u2019 Associated Press \ud83d\ude02,\u201d Musk tweets<\/p>\n<p>The mockery came to a head when none other than the French themselves joined in mocking the AP\u2019s tweet. \u201cI guess this is us now\u2026\u201d The French Embassy in the United States tweeted a screenshot of the handle change, \u201cEmbassy of Frenchness in the US.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I guess this is us now\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YFybgfI2AB\">https:\/\/t.co\/YFybgfI2AB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LrKvgjiw1X\">pic.twitter.com\/LrKvgjiw1X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 French Embassy U.S. (@franceintheus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/franceintheus\/status\/1618735330202652672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the embassy said they were perplexed by the outlet singling them out. \u201cWe just wondered what the alternative to the French would be,\u201d French embassy spokesman Pascal Confavreux told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/27\/world\/europe\/ap-stylebook-the-french.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>. \u201cI mean, really.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press was forced to delete the tweet and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/APStylebook\/status\/1619005157508845568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rework its guidance<\/a> on Friday. \u201cWe deleted an earlier tweet because of an inappropriate reference to French people,\u201d AP Stylebook wrote. \u201cWe did not intend to offend.\u201d The outlet did, however, reaffirm its position that journalists in its collective should not use \u201cthe\u201d labels for groups of people, because doing so \u201ccan sound dehumanizing and imply a monolith rather than diverse individuals.\u201d Instead of using terms like \u201cthe mentally ill\u201d or \u201cthe wealthy,\u201d the AP Stylebook recommends the use of phrases like \u201cpeople with mental illnesses\u201d or \u201cwealthy people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But that walk-back was met with even more mockery online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe must be the first time in history that someone has surrendered to the French,\u201d journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/byDavidGardner\/status\/1619065439161839617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1619065439161839617%7Ctwgr%5Edfe1044a180a503b4ab0a7d485fd174ad416c809%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FbyDavidGardner2Fstatus2F1619065439161839617widget%3DTweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Gardner<\/a> wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHE woke!\u201d Indiana Republican Congressman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJimBanks\/status\/1619045401184829441?s=20&#038;t=Is5iATAzbB4UnRNQsgbEiQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Banks<\/a> added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018An inappropriate reference to French people\u2019 is somehow even funnier than anything in the first tweet,\u201d video game journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarioPrime\/status\/1619018421668290560?s=20&#038;t=6CRrmmSdmv6XzT_R59sFPg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giovanni Colantonio<\/a> chimed in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHE Ohio State University has entered into the chat,\u201d one user added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Associated Press was forced to backtrack after being mercilessly mocked for a tweet instructing journalists not to call French people \u201cthe French.\u201d In a tweet posted Thursday morning, the AP Stylebook instructed journalists who work with the organization not to use \u201cdehumanizing\u201d collective terms for people, such as \u201cthe French.\u201d The tweet was roundly 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