US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering subjects a 'clean slate'

Re:US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering su... by veny20 on Saturday January 04, 2025 @12:11PM (#42596016)

This is Orwellian gaslighting. These papers should no longer be viewed as authoritive keepers of the public record. Any institution that engages in this kind of memory-holing forfeits all credibility. They can no longer be trusted whatsoever.

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Re:US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering su... by CuriouslyC on Saturday January 04, 2025 @12:40PM (#42596275)

Imagine someone who got pardoned by the state for a minor crime (so a clean criminal record) but who still had a newspaper article about them. That would be a raw deal.

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Re:US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering su... by veny20 on Saturday January 04, 2025 @12:54PM (#42596386)

If it was reported in a newspaper, then it was deemed to be newsworthy, and that record should be preserved for posterity, for myriad reasons.

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Re:US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering su... by blackeyeblitzar on Saturday January 04, 2025 @12:42PM (#42596299)

Not a raw deal, just the truth. Why should information be deleted? That IS Orwellian.

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Re:US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering su... by CuriouslyC on Saturday January 04, 2025 @02:52PM (#42597200)

Because people are prejudiced, and the newspaper article doesn't include an addendum that it should be taken with little to no value, so the impact it could have on someone's life due to people's stupidity is unwarranted.

If we lived in a perfect universe where people were thoughtful and wise I wouldn't care.

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