A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong

Re:A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong by chiefalchemist on Friday August 20, 2021 @12:13PM (#28247710)

Pardon the editorial / rant but we need to all mitigate our promotion of newspeak (read: language abuse).

Point here being, anyone doing this is not a journalist; the scenerio described is not journalism. In using the word it belittles and compromises the trust in legit journalism. And it gives the violators the privilege of the label without actually doing anything to live up to the definition of the word.

If your pet barks, do you call it a cat? It's not fair nor honest to call this type of schlock journalism.

While not bulletproof, this filter is handy.

https://kottke.org/20/01/jim-lehrers-rules-of-journalism-1

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Re:A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong by chiefalchemist on Friday August 20, 2021 @02:06PM (#28249354)

How is it HN can be relentless about accuracy and completeness but constantly allows newspeak to be normalized?

Yes. It does matter. Words matter. We can't giving a free pass to deceptive language and then expect change.

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