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You won't make such statements if you saw the complete video. To kill unarmed women and children? Sheesh, what would you have written in place of those?
by segmondy 8y ago
You won't make such statements if you saw the complete video.
To kill unarmed women and children? Sheesh, what would you have written in place of those?
- wruza 8y ago"The government statement makes clear that all these men were arrested, and that they will be given a trial." See, you just ditch "enjoy" and "fair" parts and it goes neutral. You don't have to be neutral, but news do.
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoBut the Cameroonian government statement includes those words. Ditch them and it becomes inaccurate, or at least incomplete, reporting.
- wruza 8y agoIt did, but in a different tone. I understand the quoted letter as a sarcastic “they ‘enjoy’ it but that will not last long”. And then reporter takes these words and puts them in a sense of “a government makes clear that they will enjoy poi and fair trial” literally, as if government liked that and “fair” meant “good for them”. That seems like standard low-grade journalism, and like it was done here. Not that we shall not forgive that, but still.
- comex 8y agoTo "enjoy" something can just mean to have the benefit of it. I don't think either the government statement or the BBC's quote meant to imply that the men would be literally enjoying themselves.
- tomc1985 8y agoNeither of those words are adding what you think they are adding to that sentence
- wruza 8y agoI’m pretty sure that I can distinguish neutral from emotional.
- mcphage 8y ago> See, you just ditch "enjoy" and "fair" parts and it goes neutral. That the trial is fair is important, and should not be ditched or glossed over.
- loeg 8y agoPart of a fair trial is making sure you're fingering the right murderers. To convict an innocent person for a horrific crime is not justice.
- pjc50 8y agoIf it's done with airstrikes, then this is tragically routine.