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The last sentence made me laugh: > The cause of the collision is not known. I'll give you long odds that the cause was the drone being someplace it was not su
by lisper 5y ago
The last sentence made me laugh:
> The cause of the collision is not known.
I'll give you long odds that the cause was the drone being someplace it was not supposed to be.
- ashtonkem 5y agoThe rule on not using the passive voice in journalism is suspended the moment it’s about cops misbehaving.
- guerrilla 5y agoI hope someone out there is documenting just how consistently, it's astounding. I still wonder how this happens. The only theory I know of is that if they don't give them positive coverage then they'll never get comment form them again, but is that really sufficient for it to be so universal and why have so few papers gone adversarial on this?
- banannaise 5y agoPolice are also known to physically assault and arrest journalists from outfits they don't like.
- djrogers 5y agoPolice in Canada? Do you have anything to back that up?
- amatecha 5y agoHere's one from just this past week (with plenty of prior/ongoing related mistreatment of journalistic activity in the area): https://caj.ca/blog/CAJ_urges_RCMP_to_follow_court_order_to_respect_media_rights_after_journalist_arrested_at_Fairy_Creek https://caj.ca/blog/CAJ_urges_RCMP_to_follow_court_order_to_...
- Hello71 5y ago"officer-involved aircraft incident"
- bigiain 5y agoI assume you're referencing this? (If not, you're in for a treat here): https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-interactive-guide-to-ambiguous-grammar https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-interactive-guide-to-...
- ashtonkem 5y agoI think GP and that article are both mocking the same thing; the tortuous lengths journalists will go to to avoid talking about police misconduct in the active voice.
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- SilverRed 5y agoObviously. But why were they there? Were they told to be flying there? Were they given the correct info on where to be flying? Who or what process lead this to happen?
- phkahler 5y agoYeah, this is another case of the police thinking the rules don't apply to them. The "don't fly drones in certain airspace" isn't even about good guys and bad guys, it's about safety.