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Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del... by slg on Thursday February 16, 2023 @03:28PM (#34825489)
This is an example of what I'm talking about. Journalist by and large are not in favor of editors slapping misleading headlines on their work. You are ascribing this practice to maliciousness when it is actually a reluctant response to incentives.
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Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del... by cteiosanu on Thursday February 16, 2023 @04:00PM (#34826053)
Yeah, it does baffle me when audiences that are supposed to tackle complex topics everyday (and complexity in general) have to fallback to black and white explanations in social aspects.
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Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del... by TomSwirly on Friday February 17, 2023 @07:45AM (#34833983)
"You're talking about my stealing as a crime, when in fact it was a reluctant response to the incentive of my needing money!"

It's dishonest. End of story.

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Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del... by slg on Friday February 17, 2023 @12:18PM (#34837431)
What do you think is the proper response if someone steals of loaf of bread? Would you label them a dishonest irredeemable criminal and throw them in jail for life?
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Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del... by isityouyesitsme on Saturday February 18, 2023 @12:52PM (#34849122)
If there was an abundant, inexpensive, legal supply of bread and all the thief had to do was value honesty more than free bread, rather than continuing to steal, across decades, thousands of loafs of bread, yes.

I think it's ok to take the illustration to that extreme, given the postulation that you say someone thinks that you should destroy a person's life over one loaf of bread.

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