A story on a local organization reaching out to help the unhoused in my current area. The director of the organization is quoted using the term “unhoused”, but the reporter (or their editor) decided to use the more charged term “homeless” in the by-line and the article.
Barring evidence of malice, if anyone deserves the benefit of the doubt on intent, its gotta be the person running the shelter. That’s not an easy job, to say the least.
I get where you’re coming from though because in these post-ironic days people use everything to mean anything making it hard to guess intent.