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The clickbait part is saying "the Pentagon" when they mean "the US military." A casual reader may assume the headquarters building alone produces that much gas,
by PhasmaFelis 7y ago
The clickbait part is saying "the Pentagon" when they mean "the US military." A casual reader may assume the headquarters building alone produces that much gas, which is obviously false.
Of course the excuse is that "the Pentagon" is often used as a metonym for the Department of Defense. But that means the leadership specifically. You might say "the Pentagon ordered fifty F-35s," but never "the Pentagon invaded Afghanistan." It's a really awkward phrasing at best, and I can't imagine that it's not deliberately deceptive. Are the facts not shocking enough?