That could be part of it. But the main reason is the same as what we saw during the manufacturing of consent for the Palestinian Genocide.

Israeli Citizens Slaughtered by Hamas

54 Palestinians dead after Israeli targeted strike of Hamas leaders

Palestinians "die" in news headlines. Israelis are slaughtered.

It got as bad as media giving us headlines of "Israeli hostage kidnapped from tank". Not even kidding. They labeled an IDF soldier in a tank as a kidnapped hostage. We have a word for that already: prisoner of war.

Once you notice this type of passive language used to describe the crimes of who the US government supports vs. who it sees as an enemy. Man, you'll start to go crazy at noticing how much it's used.

Journalist and talking heads on TV are told exactly what vocabulary to use when covering a specific topic. It's more directed at the interest of those in power and those with wealth than it is to fit an algorithm.

I mean, the people directing the vocabulary are the same group of people that ensure that algorithm favors them. They allow very extreme vocabulary like "rape" or "beheadings" through their filters when they want to lie about something that favors their narrative.