AP Stylebook turns page from journalism to woke newspeak

The AP stylebook recently made itself a laughingstock, recommending "avoiding general and often dehumanizing ‘the’ labels."

Dan Gainor is a freelance opinion editor for Fox News Digital.

The stylebook made itself a laughingstock in recent days, telling the world AP recommends, "avoiding general and often dehumanizing ‘the’ labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled, the college educated." It offered politically correct responses, sans "the," of course. (Since when was being college-educated dehumanizing? "Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience" is actually a common AP job requirement.) 

Twitter cramped the style of AP staff for being the annoying scolds they are. Even Twitter CEO Elon Musk joined the fun and joked, "So then why do call yourself ‘The’ Associated Press?" The mockery of AP went international, with the French Embassy in the U.S. tweeting "I guess this is us now" and sharing an image of it changing its name from "French Embassy U.S." to "Embassy of Frenchness in the US." A nice French kiss off.