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"Bangladesh imposes a near total internet shutdown to stifle coverage and online engagement with police killings at student protest" Calling things what they a
by observationist 2y ago
"Bangladesh imposes a near total internet shutdown to stifle coverage and online engagement with police killings at student protest"
Calling things what they are instead of tortuously passive and neutral descriptions should be standard. The headline sounds like it's describing two separate things that just coincidentally happen to be occurring at the same time.
- bobthepanda 2y agoHeadlines are usually written like this to avoid libel suits. Even if you have a defensible case it’s quite expensive to go through the motions of a lawsuit.
- observationist 2y agoBangladesh is going to sue US journalists in a US court for accurate headlines? I'd love libel suits from hostile authoritarian regimes, personally. For a journalism organization, that would seem to be a badge of honor. Something is deeply wrong if you have to essentially lie on behalf of the bad guys or risk significant financial penalties.
- bobthepanda 2y agoNot the US, but this actively happens pretty frequently in the UK, which is often just as financially damaging. https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-libel-privacy-law-defamation-westminster/ https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-libel-privacy-law-defamat...
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