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Interesting headline because it's totally accurate and there is nothing wrong with it but it still feels very misleading. Does anyone know what the AP standard

by anm89 7y ago

Interesting headline because it's totally accurate and there is nothing wrong with it but it still feels very misleading. Does anyone know what the AP standard is for referencing the country VS the state of Georgia? Is this discouraged?

loeg 7y ago
I live in the US and if I see Georgia in the news, I tend to assume it's the country rather than the US state.
- stbtrax 7y ago
  Same, unless it's about eroding rights for women's reproductive health
adwn 7y ago
> [...] it still feels very misleading [...] referencing the country VS the state of Georgia You know, there exists a world outside the US. And yet, when "Georgia" and "nation" is mentioned in the same sentence, you feel misled because it doesn't refer to the US state of Georgia? The problem is with you, not with the headline.
- ickelbawd 7y ago
  Nah. It’s still ambiguous. I also read it to be referring to the state of Georgia in the the US Nation. It would be a lot clearer to say Nation of Georgia. Then there’s no ambiguity.
  - adwn 7y ago
    > It’s still ambiguous. It's a headline, not a summary. > I also read it to be referring to the state of Georgia in the the US Nation. It's okay to misunderstand the headline – if I were a resident of the US, I would have probably interpreted "Georgia" as the US state as well. But it is not justified to blame this on the headline, or to feel "misled" by it.
- anm89 7y ago
  I'm writing the comment from outside the US. The fact that they referenced Georgia and "nation" seperately is part of what made me think they were referencing a Georgia that was part of a nation not a Georgia that was a nation. The language is confusing. Also the GDP of the state of Georgia is 30x larger than the country of Georgia and it has 300% of the population. The state is a drastically more important world player than the country (IE it would be drastically bigger news if this was true of the state than the country). There is nothing US centric about this.

by anm89 7y ago

loeg 7y ago

I live in the US and if I see Georgia in the news, I tend to assume it's the country rather than the US state.

stbtrax 7y ago
Same, unless it's about eroding rights for women's reproductive health

adwn 7y ago

> [...] it still feels very misleading [...] referencing the country VS the state of Georgia You know, there exists a world outside the US. And yet, when "Georgia" and "nation" is mentioned in the same sentence, you feel misled because it doesn't refer to the US state of Georgia? The problem is with you, not with the headline.

ickelbawd 7y ago
Nah. It’s still ambiguous. I also read it to be referring to the state of Georgia in the the US Nation. It would be a lot clearer to say Nation of Georgia. Then there’s no ambiguity.
- adwn 7y ago
  > It’s still ambiguous. It's a headline, not a summary. > I also read it to be referring to the state of Georgia in the the US Nation. It's okay to misunderstand the headline – if I were a resident of the US, I would have probably interpreted "Georgia" as the US state as well. But it is not justified to blame this on the headline, or to feel "misled" by it.
anm89 7y ago
I'm writing the comment from outside the US. The fact that they referenced Georgia and "nation" seperately is part of what made me think they were referencing a Georgia that was part of a nation not a Georgia that was a nation. The language is confusing. Also the GDP of the state of Georgia is 30x larger than the country of Georgia and it has 300% of the population. The state is a drastically more important world player than the country (IE it would be drastically bigger news if this was true of the state than the country). There is nothing US centric about this.