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What's actually ridiculous is the short attention span of kids these days who can't keep it together for longer than a tiktok clip. That writer didn't just sit

What's actually ridiculous is the short attention span of kids these days who can't keep it together for longer than a tiktok clip. That writer didn't just sit in a room dream this all up. Unbelievably many hours went into the making of this piece, including flying back and forth across the country to dig up information, speak to people, connect the dots, finding all the background information, staying persistent. That's hard work. You may not like the style, but it's quite offensive to just brush it off as "nah, paid by the word, ridiculous"

justinclift 3y ago
Nah. They could have taken the time to condense it down to something useful, but nope... they decided to pad it out as far as they could. Pretty sure text generators / AI will be used for this sort of thing by some authors too, though I have no idea if it's the case in this instance.
- attentionspan 3y ago
  Tbh. I also skipped over parts of the article. But I'm not blaming the author for that.
- pcthrowaway 3y ago
  This is like saying a movie can be condensed into a several-sentence summary of its plot. The author of the article was deliberate with their words. A lot of what you might see as "useless filler" served to humanize all the characters, and give us much greater insight than we would get from a summary. I teared up when I read about Jaile's situation: how his wife left him during his proceedings, and then died of cancer before his name was cleared. And I was inspired by his optimistic attitude in the face of so much injustice. If you want a summary, you're free to copy-paste and ask ChatGPT for one. ChatGPT can't expand a summary into a moving work of investigative journalism while maintaining authenticity.
  - true_religion 3y ago
    At least 11 jurors, a little girls parents, the police force, the judge, the prosecutions office and the defendants own spouse all believed that he was guilty despite having a solod alibi of three unconnected perfect strangers saying he was elsewhere at the time. It’s like everyone failed him. Only his brother believed him.

justinclift 3y ago

Nah. They could have taken the time to condense it down to something useful, but nope... they decided to pad it out as far as they could. Pretty sure text generators / AI will be used for this sort of thing by some authors too, though I have no idea if it's the case in this instance.

attentionspan 3y ago
Tbh. I also skipped over parts of the article. But I'm not blaming the author for that.
pcthrowaway 3y ago
This is like saying a movie can be condensed into a several-sentence summary of its plot. The author of the article was deliberate with their words. A lot of what you might see as "useless filler" served to humanize all the characters, and give us much greater insight than we would get from a summary. I teared up when I read about Jaile's situation: how his wife left him during his proceedings, and then died of cancer before his name was cleared. And I was inspired by his optimistic attitude in the face of so much injustice. If you want a summary, you're free to copy-paste and ask ChatGPT for one. ChatGPT can't expand a summary into a moving work of investigative journalism while maintaining authenticity.
- true_religion 3y ago
  At least 11 jurors, a little girls parents, the police force, the judge, the prosecutions office and the defendants own spouse all believed that he was guilty despite having a solod alibi of three unconnected perfect strangers saying he was elsewhere at the time. It’s like everyone failed him. Only his brother believed him.