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Re:Anatomy of a Killing by wruza on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @11:51PM (#18072649)
"The government statement makes clear that all these men were arrested, and that they will be given a trial."

See, you just ditch "enjoy" and "fair" parts and it goes neutral. You don't have to be neutral, but news do.

Re:Anatomy of a Killing by tomc1985 on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @01:11AM (#18072942)
Neither of those words are adding what you think they are adding to that sentence
Re:Anatomy of a Killing by wruza on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @06:53AM (#18074612)
I’m pretty sure that I can distinguish neutral from emotional.
Re:Anatomy of a Killing by mcphage on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @12:14PM (#18077444)
> See, you just ditch "enjoy" and "fair" parts and it goes neutral.

That the trial is fair is important, and should not be ditched or glossed over.

Re:Anatomy of a Killing by NeedMoreTea on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @11:55PM (#18072661)
But the Cameroonian government statement includes those words. Ditch them and it becomes inaccurate, or at least incomplete, reporting.
Re:Anatomy of a Killing by wruza on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @12:54AM (#18072880)
It did, but in a different tone. I understand the quoted letter as a sarcastic “they ‘enjoy’ it but that will not last long”. And then reporter takes these words and puts them in a sense of “a government makes clear that they will enjoy poi and fair trial” literally, as if government liked that and “fair” meant “good for them”. That seems like standard low-grade journalism, and like it was done here. Not that we shall not forgive that, but still.
Re:Anatomy of a Killing by comex on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @01:06AM (#18072921)
To "enjoy" something can just mean to have the benefit of it. I don't think either the government statement or the BBC's quote meant to imply that the men would be literally enjoying themselves.