Republicans target public broadcasters in rarely used gambit while also slashing global health programs
  • infinitesunrise@slrpnk.netEnglish
    9·
    12 days ago

    To be clear, they’re cutting an extra $9.4 Billion in services. Maybe it’s used differently in British English but in the US “claw back” as an idiom generally refers to a win for an underdog party to keep something after a difficult fight, not a privileged party ending access to something.

    • aubeynarf
      8·
      12 days ago

      around here, I generally seen it used to indicate taking money that has already been deposited with the recipient.

    • Schwim Dandy@lemmy.zip
      7·
      12 days ago

      Whoever wrote the title was just trying to insinuate something extra vicious and violent in nature. It’s a common part of our fair and unbiased media.

    • Bronzebeard@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      11 days ago

      That’s not at all what that means.

      Claw back implies money (or something else) has already been sent out and is trying to once again be retrieved from the receiving party.

  • DMCMNFIBFFF@lemm.ee
    2·
    12 days ago

    Informed Americans are a threat to American conservatives and/or Republicans: it’s best to keep them stupid.