I saw a delightful “bingo” graphic that is on point for all abusers in the news, from www.shethepeopleusa.com. In reduced form:
I have also uploaded the graphic in its original size.
The Abuse Apologist Bingo game is sadly familiar. But it could also be used to play Abuse Apologist News Bingo. To see who and when news stations report, repeat and amplify these excuses for abusers.
To that end, I drafted the Abuse Apologist News Bingo game, that includes these instructions:
How often do you hear these excuses reported, repeated or amplified in news reports? Too often but do you have a record, an actual count? If not, trying playing abuse apologist bingo while you watch your regular news program.
When you hear one of these apologies for abusers, mark that square. After your program is over, record:
Date:__________ Time: __________ Station: __________
Send to your local news station with or without your name and email.
PS: For safety reasons, a close friend recommends you not use this as a drinking game.
My efforts can certainly be improved upon and if enough stations get enough Abuse Apologist News Bingo cards, who knows, maybe NRP won’t describe reports about Kavanaugh as being from thirty years ago in every broadcast. As though that has any meaning.
PS: Ping me for the source file, my ISP won’t accept word processing documents.