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That sounds much like Richard Nixon when he first read about watergate. Unproven and sensationalist it is, but how is it "misleading"?

by yaix 14y ago

maurits 14y ago
"Found To Be Corrupt" suggest an official inquiry of some sorts. Not the opinion of the author.
- Falkvinge 14y ago
  Not exactly - in this case, a person on Twitter found a two-year-old article showing that this particular judge was corrupt in copyright monopoly cases. There is nothing denoting how "official" the conclusion is, not inherently in the expression.
  - JoachimSchipper 14y ago
    In a juridical context, "found corrupt" means something like "a judge ruled that X is corrupt". It's easy to think that that is what the headline says.
    - yaix 14y ago
      And in a technical context, it means that a data file produced a read error. In a blog context, it means neither.
      - SideburnsOfDoom 14y ago
        "Found corrupt" in the same sentence as "judge" strongly suggest a judicial context. This is not accurate.
        pgeorgi 14y ago
        Judge_Dredd.avi found corrupt (SCNR, and sadly somewhat relevant, given the filename-in-a-forum issue reported in the article)
      - tveita 14y ago
        So what does "found to be corrupt" mean in a blog context? "Please sue me for libel?" (Yes, I see the note. "I don't need journalistic integrity, I'm a registered journalist!") Good job on finding the other common meaning; you'll have noticed that a search on "found to be corrupt" yields two meanings besides this article: corrupted data, and findings of a court or investigation. There are a lot of ways to phrase the headline that wouldn't make a reasonable reader assume that this was an official ruling, e.g. "X is corrupt", "Why X is corrupt", "Evidence that X is corrupt", "X alleged to be corrupt", or really anything but "found to be". The facts by themselves are interesting, but the headline I found misleading.
        Natsu 14y ago
        > So what does "found to be corrupt" mean in a blog context? It means that evidence indicating corruption has been found. Any other reading puts words in their mouth.

That sounds much like Richard Nixon when he first read about watergate. Unproven and sensationalist it is, but how is it "misleading"?

by yaix 14y ago

That sounds much like Richard Nixon when he first read about watergate. Unproven and sensationalist it is, but how is it "misleading"?

maurits 14y ago

"Found To Be Corrupt" suggest an official inquiry of some sorts. Not the opinion of the author.

Falkvinge 14y ago
Not exactly - in this case, a person on Twitter found a two-year-old article showing that this particular judge was corrupt in copyright monopoly cases. There is nothing denoting how "official" the conclusion is, not inherently in the expression.
- JoachimSchipper 14y ago
  In a juridical context, "found corrupt" means something like "a judge ruled that X is corrupt". It's easy to think that that is what the headline says.
  - yaix 14y ago
    And in a technical context, it means that a data file produced a read error. In a blog context, it means neither.
    - SideburnsOfDoom 14y ago
      "Found corrupt" in the same sentence as "judge" strongly suggest a judicial context. This is not accurate.
      - pgeorgi 14y ago
        Judge_Dredd.avi found corrupt (SCNR, and sadly somewhat relevant, given the filename-in-a-forum issue reported in the article)
    - tveita 14y ago
      So what does "found to be corrupt" mean in a blog context? "Please sue me for libel?" (Yes, I see the note. "I don't need journalistic integrity, I'm a registered journalist!") Good job on finding the other common meaning; you'll have noticed that a search on "found to be corrupt" yields two meanings besides this article: corrupted data, and findings of a court or investigation. There are a lot of ways to phrase the headline that wouldn't make a reasonable reader assume that this was an official ruling, e.g. "X is corrupt", "Why X is corrupt", "Evidence that X is corrupt", "X alleged to be corrupt", or really anything but "found to be". The facts by themselves are interesting, but the headline I found misleading.
      - Natsu 14y ago
        > So what does "found to be corrupt" mean in a blog context? It means that evidence indicating corruption has been found. Any other reading puts words in their mouth.