psychothumbs@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoArrest Of Elon Musk For Felony Vote Buying Demanded In Wisconsinwww.politicususa.comexternal-linkmessage-square142linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: wisconsin@midwest.socialwisconsin@midwest.social
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkArrest Of Elon Musk For Felony Vote Buying Demanded In Wisconsinwww.politicususa.compsychothumbs@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square142linkfedilinkcross-posted to: wisconsin@midwest.socialwisconsin@midwest.social
minus-squarepeteyestee@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years 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-up0·2 years 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-up0·2 years 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.