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This is my personal pet peeve. Press will write "Poland to buy 1000 tanks". Inside the article 100 tanks and 900 support vehicles, most of them wheeled.
by ajuc 12y ago
This is my personal pet peeve.
Press will write "Poland to buy 1000 tanks". Inside the article 100 tanks and 900 support vehicles, most of them wheeled.
- morsch 12y agoIt's not a huge stretch to conflate the category armoured vehicle with its sub-category tank. Normal people aren't into browsing Wikipedia articles about weapons.
- VLM 12y agoIts the same thing as the attempt to label main battle rifles and sniper rifles and deer hunting rifles as "assault weapons" So if you don't like what he did, its a tank.
- Agathos 12y agoI was annoyed to see the same mistake in this article (and its headline) when it first went up. They've since corrected it, but you can see the note at the end. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/us/police-armored-vehicle-is-unwelcome-in-california-college-town.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/us/police-armored-vehicle-...