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Wow, this is a very good news article. I miss when news online was so short and to the point. And what I miss even more is news articles covering both sides of

by clnq 3y ago

Wow, this is a very good news article. I miss when news online was so short and to the point. And what I miss even more is news articles covering both sides of the story. I would expect that The Register or similar sites would not have quoted "We have not confirmed any illegal activities at this point" with this headline. I feel informed after reading this, not emotionally swayed in some direction. Just look at this article about refugees - just facts, no opinions inserted - https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/10/2f5fe6c44464-refugee-applicants-to-japan-surge-in-2023-may-reach-record-high.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/10/2f5fe6c44464-refu.... Let's contrast this with a more Western approach to presenting an article about figures related to refugees - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/29/more-than-2500-dead-missing-as-some-186000-cross-mediterranean-in-2023 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/29/more-than-2500-dead....

maven29 3y ago
Taking boiler-plate legalese at face-value isn't sustainable. It's just as bad for signal-to-noise ratio as autoplaying video ads. "We have not confirmed any illegal activities at this point" with this headline." doesn't imply anything of substance at this stage of the process.
- clnq 3y ago
  What would you want it to imply? This is simply a fact. I think it is a problem if a news outlet tries to imply something by selecting facts to paint a certain picture. This is the opposite of that. The facts that the outlet knows are the facts that it states.
- Zarathustra30 3y ago
  It does, actually. It implies the process has just started, which is pretty substantive.
- Belopolye 3y ago
  Given that the Japanese legal system is notorious for only proceeding with charges when the police/prosecutors feel they have an open and shut case (99.8% conviction rate, if I remember), I think they have more to go off of in this case than they’re revealing now. Admittedly this isn’t a normal criminal case, but I’d still expect to see a similar situation here.
  - dotnet00 3y ago
    I think that's more of a criminal case thing, while this is a civil matter.
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by clnq 3y ago

maven29 3y ago

Taking boiler-plate legalese at face-value isn't sustainable. It's just as bad for signal-to-noise ratio as autoplaying video ads. "We have not confirmed any illegal activities at this point" with this headline." doesn't imply anything of substance at this stage of the process.

clnq 3y ago
What would you want it to imply? This is simply a fact. I think it is a problem if a news outlet tries to imply something by selecting facts to paint a certain picture. This is the opposite of that. The facts that the outlet knows are the facts that it states.
Zarathustra30 3y ago
It does, actually. It implies the process has just started, which is pretty substantive.
Belopolye 3y ago
Given that the Japanese legal system is notorious for only proceeding with charges when the police/prosecutors feel they have an open and shut case (99.8% conviction rate, if I remember), I think they have more to go off of in this case than they’re revealing now. Admittedly this isn’t a normal criminal case, but I’d still expect to see a similar situation here.
- dotnet00 3y ago
  I think that's more of a criminal case thing, while this is a civil matter.

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