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> That's some lazy journalism I’ve come to believe that it’s actually also quite cunning. If they omit the name in a way that nobody notices, reader will be u
by teddyh 2y ago
> That's some lazy journalism
I’ve come to believe that it’s actually also quite cunning. If they omit the name in a way that nobody notices, reader will be unable to find out any information for themselves, and will therefore not expose any factual errors in the article.
- jl6 2y agoNot sure if this is conscious cunning by the BBC, but they probably employ people whose skillset and style is shaped by the “writing for the web” industry - and we know that the modern web is a cattle ranch. Got to keep the animals inside the funnel, pointing in the right direction.
- dmix 2y agoIt could have had the name originally and the editor / author removed a sentence at some point containing it, and no one noticed.