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Re:New York Times' Reddit Piece Shows Dangers of Internet Jo... by tptacek on Saturday July 11, 2015 @04:36PM (#9871458)
The article doesn't saying bullying is out of control. The article says that the Pao incident will renew charges that bullying is out of control. And: Pao's resignation demonstrable did renew those charges!
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Re:New York Times' Reddit Piece Shows Dangers of Internet Jo... by smsm42 on Sunday July 12, 2015 @01:44AM (#9872697)
As James Taranto likes to note, "some people" in journalism is a first person pronoun.

Or at least some people are saying so.

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Re:New York Times' Reddit Piece Shows Dangers of Internet Jo... by rory096 on Saturday July 11, 2015 @04:52PM (#9871520)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word

If they expressed any opposing view, that might be valid. But they may as well have stated it as fact.

(aside: that's not a WP: page anymore? lame)

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Re:New York Times' Reddit Piece Shows Dangers of Internet Jo... by tptacek on Saturday July 11, 2015 @05:08PM (#9871575)
You're looking for:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Word...

And the problem Wikipedia has with them is that they can disguise special pleading. But that's clearly not what's happening here: there very obviously is a renewed concern over bullying in the wake of the Pao fiasco.

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Re:New York Times' Reddit Piece Shows Dangers of Internet Jo... by rory096 on Saturday July 11, 2015 @05:25PM (#9871629)
Eh, that link just doesn't have the same impact.

The weaseling is in the reverse – by saying their article is only about 'some people' they imply that other people exist, but never give them any ink. Hence I say the sentence is equivalent to stating objectively that cyberbullying is a problem that must be stopped and this incident is proof.

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