jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agoArson suspected as cause of small blaze outside of Bernie Sanders' Vermont officewww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down10
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkArson suspected as cause of small blaze outside of Bernie Sanders' Vermont officewww.salon.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareperviouslyiner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-26 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-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 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?