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How nice of Newsweek to put that disclaimer at the end, so nobody will accuse them of opposing waterboarding.
by SiempreViernes 7y ago
How nice of Newsweek to put that disclaimer at the end, so nobody will accuse them of opposing waterboarding.
- commoner 7y agoMost reputable publications include a disclaimer for all of their opinion pieces, regardless of their content.
- keiferski 7y agoThis line is at the bottom of every opinion piece in every major newspaper on earth.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoI think we all realise that, the point is, I think, they don't have to and sometimes the optics of doing so are bad.
- keiferski 7y agoOn the contrary, I wish more media websites explicitly framed things as opinions, even in fairly clear-cut cases like this. I don’t need or want the media to tell me what ethical opinion I should have.
- Chris2048 7y agoThe opinion pieces on some sites don't have a comments section. Telling, no?
- rsynnott 7y agoIdeally, no news sites would have a comment section; they just attract crazy people.
- Chris2048 7y agoActual news, maybe, opinion pieces? No, or the whole thing is a comment section for one. Plus even news articles can be corrected in comments. I've read many misleading articles where the flaws/bias are pointed out in comments, so ling as the author isn't allowed to "curate" them freely.