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It always feels a bit forced but I believe it's important to label accusations as accusations. Newspapers report these events as "so and so is accused of such a
by iandanforth 5y ago
It always feels a bit forced but I believe it's important to label accusations as accusations. Newspapers report these events as "so and so is accused of such and such." They do so out of an abundance of caution, to not be liable for slander and libel, and to prevent their organization from being used as a mouthpiece for malicious actors.
While it does not conform to existing policy here as I understand it I would advocate for modifying this title to reflect that this is an accusation.
Given the content of this accusation I also want to advocate that readers believe the victims. Even if you're disinclined to believe, I hope it can be recognized that the historical precedent was to disbelieve and that might be a personally addressable root cause for our failure to make more progress on these matters.
- encryptluks2 5y agoThis is the title of a personal article. It may be an accusation, but if the victim is writing it they don't see the need to state that. That would be like a cop arresting you for being the attacker and you saying... You can't arrest me cause it is merely an accusation at this point. Yeah that isn't how Rs work.