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The buried lede: A landslide blocked a river and water backed up.
by rriepe 6y ago
The buried lede: A landslide blocked a river and water backed up.
- koheripbal 6y agoIt's a generally poorly written article, with a lot of speculation and short on facts. I particularly dislike the way it starts "Sunday, an flood..." Which Sunday? What date?
- yostrovs 6y agoScientific American went straight downhill in the last few years, particularly devoting itself a great deal to social issues that have nothing to do with it.
- deadalus 6y agoScientific American has had problem with women before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_American#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_American#Controvers...
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- newyorker2 6y agoThe moment I observe an article overzealously relying on direct quotes and anecdotes of everyone the 'reporter' was able to get their hands on, it's tab close time.
- dylan604 6y agoLike the news articles that have done nothing but gather random tweets from people? Journalism has become a joke of itself
- maxerickson 6y agoIf you are going to use quotation marks, it should be a direct quotation, not an ungrammatical paraphrase. It's also talking about the most recent Sunday, so perfectly sensible, though I agree it is not the best form for the statement.
- wffurr 6y agoMaybe. The landslide is clear but the mechanism by which the landslide may have caused the flood is unclear. A team of geologists is hiking to the area to investigate more closely.
- idlewords 6y agoThe real buried lede is that no one is sure of the actual cause.