The Boston Globe’s Fresh Start Initiative

Re:The Boston Globe’s Fresh Start Initiative by oh_sigh on Sunday January 24, 2021 @10:04PM (#25898566)

If you had a headline "Bob Smith accused of arson in the Big Factory fire, but later all charges are dropped" - how exactly is it rewriting history to say "A man charged of arson in the Big Factory fire, but later all charges are dropped"?

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Re:The Boston Globe’s Fresh Start Initiative by ccn0p on Sunday January 24, 2021 @10:07PM (#25898581)

give them an inch.

edit: Ok let me try and be clearer. I'm sure Bob Smith is a great guy who didn't deserve to be wrongly accused. But what about Rich Jackson who used his political clout to have his story reversed through this same process? And what if Rich Jackson then runs for office? What if he has all stories about him just harmlessly modified? What if you know the truth about Rich Jackson but nobody listens to you because there's literally no history of him? What if Rich comes after you next?

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Re:The Boston Globe’s Fresh Start Initiative by oh_sigh on Sunday January 24, 2021 @10:17PM (#25898629)

So random nobody Bob Smith who got railroaded by the system needs to keep getting railroaded, just in case someone powerful entirely unrelated to Bob tries to pull a fast one. Doesn't seem like a great system.

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Re:The Boston Globe’s Fresh Start Initiative by lazyasciiart on Monday January 25, 2021 @12:30AM (#25899639)

I think the problem to be solved there is that the charges against Rich were dropped due to "clout".

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