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Oracle Says Co-CEO Mark Hurd Has Died
- herodotus 7y agoI know this is slightly off-topic, but I find this headline to be extremely strange. Why not "Oracle Co-CEO Mark Hurd has Died"? Surely the news is his death, not the announcement?
- jpadkins 7y agogood journalistic practice is to not report something as fact until it is independently verified. So in the online world with a rush to push the article, the headline has to reflect what they actually know ('oracle reported'). They will probably update the headline once they get confirmation.
- netsharc 7y agoA lot of times headlines use quotes to indicate that someone other than than the news org said it. But I wonder how many readers are barely literate and don't realize this. In this case the headline could be; Orace Co-CEO Mark Hurd 'has died'
- paublyrne 7y agoThat sounds a bit weird. That would imply the term 'has died' was somehow facetious or metaphorical.
- lostlogin 7y agoWhat about: Oracle: Co-CEO Mark Hurd has died.
- shredprez 7y agoAh, scare quotes. How about: Oracle: "Co-Ceo Mark Hurd Has Died"
- skyyler 7y agoThis is better than the title? Why?
- monkeydreams 7y agoBecause the subject of the title is Oracle, while the subject of the suggested title is Mark Hurd.
- refurb 7y agoIt actually sounds like something North Korea would say. “The hostages ‘succumb to an accident’”
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoI find that worse, it suggests something is known definitely to have happened but it's being described in an unusual way. In any case I'm not sure this is the time for such conversations.
- jszymborski 7y agoAgreed, I had the same immediate reaction. Almost as if they were making an implicit claim that Oracle might have a reason for claiming he has died when he might not have. But ultimately, I think this is just journalist practice when reporting things as they happen. Until things are more certain, it's more prudent to report the announcement than the event.
- i_am_nomad 7y agoMaybe they’re still waiting for the transaction to commit?
- fdanconia21 7y agotoo soon...but I did chuckle.
- mc32 7y agoIt might be an attempt to play on the word “Oracle”, but I don’t think death announcements are a good time to play with words... so, not sure.
- Kiro 7y agoI'm very sure that's not the case.
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- sky_rw 7y agoWhen I die I hope I achieve such fame as to be immortalized in a pedantic hacker news arguement.
- Lukesys 7y agoIf we could stop sharing articles that are paywalled or subscription required...that would be greeeatttt.
- papermachete 7y agoIt's against the rules, by the way. They clearly state OP must provide a workaround to the paywall. Of course, outline.com doesn't support wsj, big surprise.
- tptacek 7y agoIt's obviously not against the rules, as you can see from the search bar of 'dang comments on WSJ stories. If you can find a better story, it can get swapped in for this one; suggest it. Otherwise: complaining about paywalls actually is against the rules.
- papermachete 7y agoI'm not obliged to provide a better story. I have the right to request a workaround. It seems OP must not have posted a paywalled article without workarounds in the first place.
- tptacek 7y agoThe rule is that paywalled stories are OK as long as a workaround exists, not that the submitter is obliged to provide one. Meanwhile, complaints about paywalls are off-topic on HN. You don't have to take my word for it; just read Dan's comments.
- neonate 7y agohttp://archive.is/rJnbu http://archive.is/rJnbu
- dang 7y agoMost comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21292476 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21292476.