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I "really hate" how some "news" sites like to, "quote excessively" in headlines. If you want to call some nonsense, or a bold face lie, have the damn courage t
by mywittyname 4y ago
I "really hate" how some "news" sites like to, "quote excessively" in headlines.
If you want to call some nonsense, or a bold face lie, have the damn courage to just call it that. Don't air-quoting some nebulous entity to make it sound more official.
- NaturalPhallacy 4y agoJournalists have done this for centuries. They're making it clear that they're reporting that someone else said that, and it's not the journalist's words.
- MonkeyMalarky 4y agoIt's to deflect liability? If you are quoting someone, you aren't the one who could be sued.
- Victerius 4y agoPolitician calls bill "horrible" Vs. Politician calls bill horrible
- blowski 4y ago"Politican" calls bill horrible.
- secondcoming 4y agoIn the first, the politician actually uses the word ‘horrible’ and so it’s quoted. In the second, the headline writer is giving their opinion/spin.
- secondcoming 4y agoOh no. Is that really why you think people use quotes, or are you trolling? I hope you are.
- mywittyname 4y agoQuoting entire sentences is fine. But anymore, news is quoting literally single words without any citations. /u/secondcoming asks, "are you trolling? I hope you are." Vs. User "trolls" forum. Posters respond to "quotes" with "oh no." Seriously, about 80% of FN headlines contain one or two word mini-quotes.
- secondcoming 4y agoRight, but it's not "air quotes". Those have an element of sarcasm.
- legitster 4y agoIt's slightly better than an editorialized summary.
- mywittyname 4y agoI disagree, one/two word quotes can be used to drastically spin what a person said. /u/legister: Headlines with mini-quotes are "better" than the alternative, since they aren't "editorialized."