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Re:Oracle Says Co-CEO Mark Hurd Has Died by jpadkins on Friday October 18, 2019 @12:40PM (#21292821)
good journalistic practice is to not report something as fact until it is independently verified. So in the online world with a rush to push the article, the headline has to reflect what they actually know ('oracle reported'). They will probably update the headline once they get confirmation.
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Re:Oracle Says Co-CEO Mark Hurd Has Died by netsharc on Friday October 18, 2019 @12:56PM (#21292977)
A lot of times headlines use quotes to indicate that someone other than than the news org said it. But I wonder how many readers are barely literate and don't realize this.

In this case the headline could be;

Orace Co-CEO Mark Hurd 'has died'

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Re:Oracle Says Co-CEO Mark Hurd Has Died by paublyrne on Friday October 18, 2019 @12:58PM (#21292996)
That sounds a bit weird. That would imply the term 'has died' was somehow facetious or metaphorical.
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Re:Oracle Says Co-CEO Mark Hurd Has Died by lostlogin on Friday October 18, 2019 @01:01PM (#21293031)
What about:

Oracle: Co-CEO Mark Hurd has died.

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Re:Oracle Says Co-CEO Mark Hurd Has Died by shredprez on Friday October 18, 2019 @01:03PM (#21293056)
Ah, scare quotes. How about:

Oracle: "Co-Ceo Mark Hurd Has Died"

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Re:Oracle Says Co-CEO Mark Hurd Has Died by skyyler on Friday October 18, 2019 @01:09PM (#21293121)
This is better than the title?

Why?

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Re:Oracle Says Co-CEO Mark Hurd Has Died by monkeydreams on Friday October 18, 2019 @06:25PM (#21295555)
Because the subject of the title is Oracle, while the subject of the suggested title is Mark Hurd.
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Re:Oracle Says Co-CEO Mark Hurd Has Died by refurb on Friday October 18, 2019 @01:09PM (#21293124)
It actually sounds like something North Korea would say.

“The hostages ‘succumb to an accident’”

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Re:Oracle Says Co-CEO Mark Hurd Has Died by pbhjpbhj on Friday October 18, 2019 @01:01PM (#21293038)
I find that worse, it suggests something is known definitely to have happened but it's being described in an unusual way. In any case I'm not sure this is the time for such conversations.
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