TachyonTele@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoHow 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 · 2 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squarePrison Mike@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months 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-up3·2 months 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.
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.