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  • I doubt it. ‘Assault’ is a specific crime and an accurate description. Football offense “assaults” the defense, does it not? That’s an example of the word as a description that is perfectly valid. They could have used it - and did in a way, as it’s already in the word “assailant” which they did use.

    Headlines are 90% of the information people take away, and the excuse always given for bland, fascist-supporting wording is ‘well, they could be sued’.

    There is a grain of truth in that, but applied to all print outlets over 50 years - no. It’s much, much more that they’re manipulating political reaction.

    In this case “lunged” instead of “assaulted” because MAGAs must be coddled. I honestly don’t understand who The Guardian thinks they are. They’re as progressive as NPR which is to say somewhere between “sort of” and “actively supporting the right-wing narrative”.