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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•2 months agoWhy anthropomorphize things that don’t require it?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoBecause it’s childish and unprofessional
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•2 months agoJournalism should convey data professionally. Else it’s gossip. Climate is a serious topic and should be handled professionally
minus-square@Ensign_CrablinkEnglish1•2 months agoClimate is a serious topic, and therefore reporting should be accessible to a wide audience.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoWhich it is, as per journalistic standard, which this title fails. Defending clowning in a title is a lame take.
Why shouldn’t media and journalism use modern parlance?
Why anthropomorphize things that don’t require it?
Why not?
Because it’s childish and unprofessional
So?
Journalism should convey data professionally. Else it’s gossip.
Climate is a serious topic and should be handled professionally
Climate is a serious topic, and therefore reporting should be accessible to a wide audience.
Which it is, as per journalistic standard, which this title fails.
Defending clowning in a title is a lame take.