@jeffw to politics • 3 months agoArson suspected as cause of small blaze outside of Bernie Sanders' Vermont officewww.salon.commessage-square7arrow-up179arrow-down10
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minus-square@perviouslyinerlink2•edit-23 months agoThey don’t need to accuse anyone to describe the crime. Headlines about someone getting shot don’t say “Unauthorised discharge of a firearm suspected as cause of bullet entering [person]'s head” Plus, the local police department just went out and directly called it arson.
minus-square@jeffwOPlink1•3 months agoThis is how journalism has worked in the modern world, idk why you think it’s such a big deal?
They don’t need to accuse anyone to describe the crime.
Headlines about someone getting shot don’t say “Unauthorised discharge of a firearm suspected as cause of bullet entering [person]'s head”
Plus, the local police department just went out and directly called it arson.
This is how journalism has worked in the modern world, idk why you think it’s such a big deal?