TachyonTele@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoHow do we get news outlets to stop using "slam" in thier articles? It's beyond ridiculous at this point.message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down19
arrow-up1219arrow-down1message-squareHow do we get news outlets to stop using "slam" in thier articles? It's beyond ridiculous at this point.TachyonTele@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 days agoIf it’s not slam, it’s roast. I think journalists like these words because they’re not provably false and therefore can’t get sued for misrepresenting what someone said
minus-squarenot a coplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 hours agoDo they get sued? Because there is a lot of misinformation out there, and I don’t mean in the far right “fake news” sense.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoIt’d probably be slander to say “X said this” when they didn’t say it. “X expresses disgust about Y” could be slanderous if it’s not disgust, but “a respectful disagreement”, etc. But “X slams Y”? “Slam” doesn’t mean anything. So nobody can confirm or deny that any “slamming” happened.
minus-squaregoldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 days agoAnd if, heaven forbid, it’s not either of those, it is now apparently acceptable to refer to it as a “clap back.” In the newspaper of all places.
If it’s not slam, it’s roast.
I think journalists like these words because they’re not provably false and therefore can’t get sued for misrepresenting what someone said
Do they get sued? Because there is a lot of misinformation out there, and I don’t mean in the far right “fake news” sense.
It’d probably be slander to say “X said this” when they didn’t say it.
“X expresses disgust about Y” could be slanderous if it’s not disgust, but “a respectful disagreement”, etc.
But “X slams Y”? “Slam” doesn’t mean anything. So nobody can confirm or deny that any “slamming” happened.
And if, heaven forbid, it’s not either of those, it is now apparently acceptable to refer to it as a “clap back.” In the newspaper of all places.