Now it is the BBC Who Acts Like They Do Not Understand How the English Language Works

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Iran backed out of nuclear deal - John Kerry
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US Secretary of State John Kerry has said Iran backed out of a deal on its nuclear programme during talks with world powers in Geneva on Saturday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24895911

what he actually said was "Iran couldn't take it (the proposed deal)at that particular moment", IE there never existed a deal to "back out" of.

When did we get so lazy/ignorant/deceptive about language, and why is there so little outrage when language is abused?

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Should it have been: "Iran has refused the (deal) offer at this time"?

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@PUNKEY,

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Should it have been: "Iran has refused the (deal) offer at this time"?

what do you guess as the reason it was not? bias, ignorance, the desire to write a catchy headline swamping any journalistic imperative of telling truth?

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