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Yeah this is a strange and pretty misleading headline. Here’s the primary source tweet: https://twitter.com/aweary/status/1271522288752455680?s=21 https://twitt

by _rn 6y ago

Yeah this is a strange and pretty misleading headline. Here’s the primary source tweet: https://twitter.com/aweary/status/1271522288752455680?s=21 https://twitter.com/aweary/status/1271522288752455680?s=21

SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
I really think it crosses the line to being a dishonest headline. Reuters has to know that people will misunderstand it as an accusation that the employee was fired because he protested.
- dekhn 6y ago
  This is the MO of news journalism (well, at least a subset). There's a narrative that sells ("big corp = bad, fire person for complaining to zuck") but they still typically include a little detail in the article ("actually fired for harrassing coworker") below the lede. I don't think I've ever seen a newspaper that hasn't done this. [edit: if you want to see some articles about misleading headlines, see https://daily.jstor.org/the-incredibly-true-story-of-fake-headlines/ https://daily.jstor.org/the-incredibly-true-story-of-fake-he... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/youll-cry-when-you-realize-how-easily-media-can-manipulate-you-180953183/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/youll-cry-when-you... ]
underwater 6y ago
The original tweet is more telling. https://mobile.twitter.com/aweary/status/1267895488205869057 https://mobile.twitter.com/aweary/status/1267895488205869057
- bsamuels 6y ago
  The first few replies are even more telling. When someone tells him that calling out a coworker is in bad taste, you get this gem >oh no Arthur thinks I'm rude, how will I recover https://twitter.com/aweary/status/1267927023596400642?s=20 https://twitter.com/aweary/status/1267927023596400642?s=20
  - whateveracct 6y ago
    What a petulant response lmao
  - scarmig 6y ago
    I love that in, another Tweet, someone is giving Arthur shit for... not having his pronouns in his bio. ETA: apparently the user giving Arthur shit is just trolling
    - fault_lines 6y ago
      The user doing that is a right wing troll. They don't actually think that people should have to list pronouns in their bio.
      - waheoo 6y ago
        He took it serious and apologised before updating his profile.
    - deleted 6y ago
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by _rn 6y ago

SpicyLemonZest 6y ago

I really think it crosses the line to being a dishonest headline. Reuters has to know that people will misunderstand it as an accusation that the employee was fired because he protested.

dekhn 6y ago
This is the MO of news journalism (well, at least a subset). There's a narrative that sells ("big corp = bad, fire person for complaining to zuck") but they still typically include a little detail in the article ("actually fired for harrassing coworker") below the lede. I don't think I've ever seen a newspaper that hasn't done this. [edit: if you want to see some articles about misleading headlines, see https://daily.jstor.org/the-incredibly-true-story-of-fake-headlines/ https://daily.jstor.org/the-incredibly-true-story-of-fake-he... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/youll-cry-when-you-realize-how-easily-media-can-manipulate-you-180953183/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/youll-cry-when-you... ]

underwater 6y ago

The original tweet is more telling. https://mobile.twitter.com/aweary/status/1267895488205869057 https://mobile.twitter.com/aweary/status/1267895488205869057

bsamuels 6y ago
The first few replies are even more telling. When someone tells him that calling out a coworker is in bad taste, you get this gem >oh no Arthur thinks I'm rude, how will I recover https://twitter.com/aweary/status/1267927023596400642?s=20 https://twitter.com/aweary/status/1267927023596400642?s=20
- whateveracct 6y ago
  What a petulant response lmao
- scarmig 6y ago
  I love that in, another Tweet, someone is giving Arthur shit for... not having his pronouns in his bio. ETA: apparently the user giving Arthur shit is just trolling
  - fault_lines 6y ago
    The user doing that is a right wing troll. They don't actually think that people should have to list pronouns in their bio.
    - waheoo 6y ago
      He took it serious and apologised before updating his profile.
  - deleted 6y ago
    [deleted]