psychothumbs@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoArrest Of Elon Musk For Felony Vote Buying Demanded In Wisconsinwww.politicususa.comexternal-linkmessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11cross-posted to: wisconsin@midwest.socialwisconsin@midwest.social
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkArrest Of Elon Musk For Felony Vote Buying Demanded In Wisconsinwww.politicususa.compsychothumbs@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square57linkfedilinkcross-posted to: wisconsin@midwest.socialwisconsin@midwest.social
minus-squarepeteyestee@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoI hate “news” like this… It’s a waste of time. One person on Twitter saying something turns into “Twitter says…” Politician say x in normal pointless conversation and it turns into “democrats/politicians say…” And people feverishly eat it up. Our society is fucked.
minus-squaresushibowl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoSeriously though. Weasel words. If journalists adopted even 20% of Wikipedia’s manual of style, news would improve by orders of magnitude.
minus-squareWojwo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoI think the people should boycott all headlines with slams in the title. Unless it’s about professional wrestling.
I hate “news” like this… It’s a waste of time.
One person on Twitter saying something turns into “Twitter says…”
Politician say x in normal pointless conversation and it turns into “democrats/politicians say…”
And people feverishly eat it up.
Our society is fucked.
Seriously though. Weasel words. If journalists adopted even 20% of Wikipedia’s manual of style, news would improve by orders of magnitude.
I think the people should boycott all headlines with slams in the title. Unless it’s about professional wrestling.