O/T I know, but caught my interest.

[Pannywagon]

I know media companies are biased and so word their articles carefully so as to garner the "correct" reactions from their readers, but this article today caught my eye:

BBC News on 19 year old "paedo"

BBC said:

A 19-year-old man has admitted 13 sex offences linked to an investigation into the exploitation and abuse of up to 20 children in south Devon...

Contrast the wording with this:

BBC News on 19 year old thug

BBC said:

A 19-year-old youth has appeared in court in connection with an armed robbery on a post office...

I'm not defending either man/youth as they're both scum. My point is this: why does a (16 at time of first offence) 19 year old who has sex wi... sorry, abuses girls as young as 13 get classed as a man, while a 19 year old who runs around with a crossbow, stealing from shops get classed as a youth?

Are we supposed to vilify the "man" while somehow forgiving the "youth"? Of course, it's society's fault that this youth is feral isn't it?

Sorry, I just take offence at this rather obvious attempt at manipulation. Does anyone else get annoyed at the wording of articles? Especially when it's two articles written by the same organisation.