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It's part of the headline newsspeak bingo game. My personnal dislike is to "this SLAMS that". It's one of the many many reason why news sites lose value and ide
by nolok 7y ago
It's part of the headline newsspeak bingo game. My personnal dislike is to "this SLAMS that". It's one of the many many reason why news sites lose value and identity, everything is instant, everything is a big news, everything is written in a way that shocks to get clics and views, and the actual information comes second place.
- scumbert 7y agoSlams is way too common. It's very hard to read the news without seeing "slams" somewhere.
- state_less 7y agoAnd other violent primal words like ‘rips’ and ‘lashes out’ are often employed too. It’s no wonder it feels like living in a digital jungle.
- Pigo 7y agoMy favorite is the question headlines. Is Mexico in talks with the US about drug cartels? Are you chicken nuggets covered in covid-19? Is Trump ritualistically sacrificing children in the oval office? They're leaving it up in the air, so you can't call them on writing garbage they barely try to back up.