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  • Chozo@fedia.io
    311·
    1 month ago

    I say this without a hint of irony or exaggeration, but literally every single news article I’ve ever read that has mentioned Uttar Pradesh, has been about a rape occurring there, almost always involving children. What the fuck is happening there? Is there seriously such an unchecked rape epidemic going on, or are UP’s rape cases somehow being overrepresented in their media?

      • Chozo@fedia.io
        612·
        1 month ago

        No, it’s a single word which could have feasibly been said by anybody involved in this story, and there’s no way to tell because the headline doesn’t attribute the quote.

        It’s editorializing, not a quote.

        • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          1 month ago

          That’s not how quotes work. You can use individual words from someone as a quote. The number of words doesn’t matter when you’re quoting someone. You don’t have to quote the full sentence. It is not uncommon.

          • workerONE@lemmy.world
            32·
            1 month ago

            Why can’t the author say she was raped? Adding quotes means it is no longer a statement of fact, it becomes a report about someone’s account of what happened.

    • jjagaimo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      61·
      1 month ago

      Plausible deniability to not get sued by not themselves making the claim but instead quoting the victim. A lack of integrity from the editors.

  • Lexam@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    1 month ago

    Could somebody familiar with Indian currency do an exchange rate? The converter I found said 5lak is only $.06 USD.