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Imagine if we were talking about a tweet, and that tweet simply mentioned the existence of the WHO report in question. I highly doubt it would be subject to the
by rl3 12y ago
Imagine if we were talking about a tweet, and that tweet simply mentioned the existence of the WHO report in question. I highly doubt it would be subject to the same level of condemnation.
The article may as well be the journalistic equivalent of that. Its purpose isn't to provide an in-depth understanding of the issue, it's simply saying an event occurred that is notable.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoPeople give different weight to tweets and articles, in a similar way they do to a HN comment and a blog post. In both cases, the former is less "official" than the latter. I agree that the line between these two types of responses can be blurred at times.