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Why do 'spokesmen' do such a lousy job?

Asked by elbanditoroso (33185points) November 9th, 2015

Please read this article – in particular the third paragraph – from today’s Atlanta newspaper article

The spokesman says “the occupant… is deceased at this time.”

That seems to be an incredibly stupid thing to say. Will there be a time in the future when the occupant will no longer be deceased? What would be been wrong with saying “the driver of the car died”?

What happened to the way that people speak?

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