TachyonTele@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 个月前How do we get news outlets to stop using "slam" in thier articles? It's beyond ridiculous at this point.message-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down110
arrow-up1234arrow-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 · 7 个月前message-square42fedilink
minus-squarePrison Mike@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 个月前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.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 个月前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.
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.