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Because actual journalists have standards to abide

• jasmer 4y ago
  ? Stealing $10B is fraud. So when $10B goes missing, due to what we know is 'bad behaviour' at minimum, and all the other 'smoke' around this story - we should use that word in proper context. This is literally one of the biggest fraud cases in history. By their own 'standards' they are compelled to use the word in proper context.
  • thehappypm 4y ago
    I don’t think it’s up to their standard yet. Of course the whole world believes it’s a big case of fraud but they may need to wait until there is more clarity on that.
  • danaris 4y ago
    While I'm sympathetic to this position, I can also easily see an argument from the NYT's side that "fraud" is a specific criminal allegation, and as such using it in an article like this could open them up to libel or defamation suits.
    • enraged_camel 4y ago
      I mean, they can always call it "alleged fraud", right? They use that kind of language to describe all sorts of alleged crimes.
      • danaris 4y ago
        They can, which is part of why I'm so sympathetic to the GP's position.