@[email protected] to Ask Lemmy • 2 months agoHow do we get news outlets to stop using "slam" in thier articles? It's beyond ridiculous at this point.message-square42fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down110
arrow-up1234arrow-down1message-squareHow do we get news outlets to stop using "slam" in thier articles? It's beyond ridiculous at this point.@[email protected] to Ask Lemmy • 2 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squarePrison Mikelinkfedilink2•2 months agoDo they get sued? Because there is a lot of misinformation out there, and I don’t mean in the far right “fake news” sense.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 months agoIt’d probably be slander to say “X said this” when they didn’t say it. “X expresses disgust about Y” could be slanderous if it’s not disgust, but “a respectful disagreement”, etc. But “X slams Y”? “Slam” doesn’t mean anything. So nobody can confirm or deny that any “slamming” happened.
Do they get sued? Because there is a lot of misinformation out there, and I don’t mean in the far right “fake news” sense.
It’d probably be slander to say “X said this” when they didn’t say it.
“X expresses disgust about Y” could be slanderous if it’s not disgust, but “a respectful disagreement”, etc.
But “X slams Y”? “Slam” doesn’t mean anything. So nobody can confirm or deny that any “slamming” happened.