“Officials say” does not constitute proof, especially when dealing with fascist regimes.
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“Officials say” does not constitute proof, especially when dealing with fascist regimes.
I wish more journalists (and their editors) did not act as if it does.
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“Officials say” does not constitute proof, especially when dealing with fascist regimes.
I wish more journalists (and their editors) did not act as if it does.
(Observation spurred by this article.) https://www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-woman-says-her-credit-card-information-was-stolen-while-she-was-in-ice-custody/
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“Officials say” does not constitute proof, especially when dealing with fascist regimes.
I wish more journalists (and their editors) did not act as if it does.
@lilithsaintcrow even the courts are slowly figuring this one out: https://www.justsecurity.org/120547/presumption-regularity-trump-administration-litigation/
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“Officials say” does not constitute proof, especially when dealing with fascist regimes.
I wish more journalists (and their editors) did not act as if it does.
"Many people say that the current administration is the best in the world and the best that ever was and the best that ever will be.", speaks the person in charge.
Who are these "many people"? Exactly how many people are "many people"? Have these "many people" declared total loyalty to the single person in charge? Do these "many people" sound like small children when they loyally describe the person in charge?
Hopefully lessons are learned and powers are firmly divided.
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(Observation spurred by this article.) https://www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-woman-says-her-credit-card-information-was-stolen-while-she-was-in-ice-custody/
@lilithsaintcrow oh no! if only she had a place to go back to! -
“Officials say” does not constitute proof, especially when dealing with fascist regimes.
I wish more journalists (and their editors) did not act as if it does.
@lilithsaintcrow The same is true for "experts say", if those experts aren't mentioned by name and workplace.
Without that information it is impossible to know if the experts are a neutral source, or if the experts are working for a lobby-group.
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"Many people say that the current administration is the best in the world and the best that ever was and the best that ever will be.", speaks the person in charge.
Who are these "many people"? Exactly how many people are "many people"? Have these "many people" declared total loyalty to the single person in charge? Do these "many people" sound like small children when they loyally describe the person in charge?
Hopefully lessons are learned and powers are firmly divided.
Wikipedia calls those "weasel words".
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“Officials say” does not constitute proof, especially when dealing with fascist regimes.
I wish more journalists (and their editors) did not act as if it does.
A simple step would be to use "claim" instead of "say". Stop taking them at their word.
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A simple step would be to use "claim" instead of "say". Stop taking them at their word.
@jamesbritt @lilithsaintcrow agree
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A simple step would be to use "claim" instead of "say". Stop taking them at their word.
@jamesbritt @lilithsaintcrow - and we know the press knows the word "claim", because they use it liberally for everyone except bigots & assholes...
