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ha I like the phrasing. Instead of "Uber Driver rapes Woman" you have this. Let me try. "Policeman shoots unarmed teenager" vs "The policeman who shot a teenag
by plinkplonk 12y ago
ha I like the phrasing. Instead of "Uber Driver rapes Woman" you have this.
Let me try. "Policeman shoots unarmed teenager" vs
"The policeman who shot a teenager in Ferguson is co-operating with the investigation, his attorney says"
PS:This exact news item was submitted some time ago and flagkilled
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8711222 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8711222
- infinitone 12y agoThis happens all the time in today's 'journalism', more prominently it happens to much worse incidents like when a white person does a terrorist act, he's labeled mentally ill, but not so much if it were a colored person.
- baddox 12y agoThe title in your analogy should be "The police department is cooperating with the investigation."
- plinkplonk 12y agoSure. it wasn't meant as an exact analogy. More just an exercise in weaselly slanted phrasing. Point taken.
- baddox 12y agoNo matter. This story seems to have been removed from the front page, although it's not dead.