return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoEveryone in California seems to be sick with respiratory illness. Here's whywww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down150
arrow-up1107arrow-down1external-linkEveryone in California seems to be sick with respiratory illness. Here's whywww.latimes.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareTunaCowboy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up74arrow-down11·11 months ago“Everyone” about 23% of people participating in a weekly text-message-based survey reported having a cough or shortness of breath for the week that ended Dec. 10 Do editors even exist anymore?
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down2·edit-211 months agoYes, they are the ones writing the headlines. 99% of what gets published online as news is titled by someone who isn’t the author. The goal of the editor is to sell the piece to the reader, not to speak truth or accuracy.
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down9·11 months ago“Everyone seems to be” It’s a figure of speech. It doesn’t actually mean everyone. It just means “a lot,” and a quarter of people surveyed is kind of a lot.
“Everyone”
Do editors even exist anymore?
Yes, they are the ones writing the headlines. 99% of what gets published online as news is titled by someone who isn’t the author. The goal of the editor is to sell the piece to the reader, not to speak truth or accuracy.
“Everyone seems to be”
It’s a figure of speech. It doesn’t actually mean everyone. It just means “a lot,” and a quarter of people surveyed is kind of a lot.