[France] The Police Station Attack.

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@"NightskyeB4Dawn" 

I understand what you mean by the use of "suburb" in the media, but I think the context in terms of generating
angst is more an American then European thing.

Partially, as you indicate, this is a translation issue, but it is also confused by differing ways of organizing living space within societies.
So, this article was in a British publication that probably translated from a French source...

It's also word-smithing in the media, a skill that gives but mainly takes.
Negativity is fine in some narratives today, it implies the current people in power are struggling to do their jobs
and that change should be considered. Change brings concerns from the public and it's assumed they'll look to
the media for answers.

This brings revenue to media outlets and secures the believed link between the masses and Governments.
The President of the United States went around that link by using social media, the MSM hate that as it
jeopardises their power-hold on the public.

I agree that the use of the word 'suburb' gives a certain impression that differs from the word 'projects'
and if we here at Rogue Nation can see it, so can those in the media game. Even though a local piece below from
where I used to work shows incompetence, the Journalists do actually check the underlying message in their articles.

Pervert caught with 27,000 indecent images used parents' laptop to download them.

'XXXXXXX stayed at his elderly parents' home to use their laptop to download the 'filth' onto a memory
stick before transferring the images to his own laptop when he returned home.

The 55-year-old was arrested after police carried out a routine inspection of his electrical devices after he went
missing from his registered address, XXXX Crown Court heard.

Phillip Morley, prosecuting, said the convicted sex offender had stayed at his parents' XXXXXX home for
sex or seven days without notifying the authorities of his whereabouts.

Harrison told officers they would find indecent images on his laptop and on a number of memory sticks...'

See? The readers picked it up and commented on the error, but an hour later, the mistake is still there.
But it also hints at the mind-set of the Journalist and how words are used to feed the public with tantalising
fodder and misdirecting information.

You say 'Projects' in regard of housing and many may think of poor households. Violence and poverty indicates
mismanaging of a group of people's lifestyles and organised crime. With the numerous articles purveying the
migrant settlings in France, this could lead the reader to believe migrants are causing the violence and attacks.
And we can't have that, can we?!

Journalism demands fear for ratings and income, but these media outlets have owners who inhabit some political
arenas, so word-smithing assists in walking that delicate line.