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Interesting that a slightly reworded version of the same article is also currently on the Washington Post home page. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_

Interesting that a slightly reworded version of the same article is also currently on the Washington Post home page. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-signals-plan-to-take-full-control-of-hong-kong-realigning-citys-status/2020/05/21/2c3850ee-9b48-11ea-ad79-eef7cd734641_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-sign... The headlines are different as well: China signals plan to take full control of Hong Kong vs China to impose sweeping national security law in Hong Kong, bypassing city’s legislature

runawaybottle 6y ago
Hey, you know, gotta keep that a Chinese market open for when WaPo expands into the mainland. I don’t like click-baity headlines, but it has it’s uses judiciously. This is an issue the general public can easily ignore or not understand, so in this case you need a more provocative headline to emphasize the magnitude of the implications. ‘US arms funding Saudi led destruction of Yemen, thousands dead’ vs ‘New Saudi-US arms deal, possibly being used in conflict in Yemen’
sieabahlpark 6y ago
WaPo seems to sugar coat it? Of all the headlines to not sensationalize this seems like an easy one to take advantage of.
mcphage 6y ago
> Interesting that a slightly reworded version of the same article is also currently on the Washington Post home page. The byline of the linked article is: "Anna Fifield and Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post"
- ghostpepper 6y ago
  Yeah that was how I discovered it. I think it's commonly accepted for other papers to run stories this way as long as they're attributed, but I just wonder when and by whom the edits to the body and headline were made by.
partingshots 6y ago
The Washington Post article was originally titled the same, but they edited it in the last three hours.
- tmaly 6y ago
  I remember reading a book years ago where news would switch and rewrite stories and headlines every day.
  - vulcan01 6y ago
    1984, George Orwell?
chvid 6y ago
You can also read the same story in the South China Morning Post if you want to see a different angle: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3085412/two-sessions-2020-how-far-will-beijing-go-push-article-23 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3085412... Two Sessions 2020: Beijing will announce resolution for national security legislation for Hong Kong to proscribe secession, foreign interference and terrorism

runawaybottle 6y ago

Hey, you know, gotta keep that a Chinese market open for when WaPo expands into the mainland. I don’t like click-baity headlines, but it has it’s uses judiciously. This is an issue the general public can easily ignore or not understand, so in this case you need a more provocative headline to emphasize the magnitude of the implications. ‘US arms funding Saudi led destruction of Yemen, thousands dead’ vs ‘New Saudi-US arms deal, possibly being used in conflict in Yemen’

sieabahlpark 6y ago

WaPo seems to sugar coat it? Of all the headlines to not sensationalize this seems like an easy one to take advantage of.

mcphage 6y ago

> Interesting that a slightly reworded version of the same article is also currently on the Washington Post home page. The byline of the linked article is: "Anna Fifield and Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post"

ghostpepper 6y ago
Yeah that was how I discovered it. I think it's commonly accepted for other papers to run stories this way as long as they're attributed, but I just wonder when and by whom the edits to the body and headline were made by.

partingshots 6y ago

The Washington Post article was originally titled the same, but they edited it in the last three hours.

tmaly 6y ago
I remember reading a book years ago where news would switch and rewrite stories and headlines every day.
- vulcan01 6y ago
  1984, George Orwell?

chvid 6y ago

You can also read the same story in the South China Morning Post if you want to see a different angle: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3085412/two-sessions-2020-how-far-will-beijing-go-push-article-23 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3085412... Two Sessions 2020: Beijing will announce resolution for national security legislation for Hong Kong to proscribe secession, foreign interference and terrorism