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TachyonTele@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 个月前

How do we get news outlets to stop using "slam" in thier articles? It's beyond ridiculous at this point.

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How 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 · 8 个月前
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    Lemmy user TachyonTele SLAMS news outlets for their unwanted hyperbole!!!

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      SquirtleHermit WRECKS unwanted hyperbole. Leaves Lemmy user SPEECHLESS!

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        SCIENTISTS CAN’T EXPLAIN BrundleFly2077’s hyperbolic discourse

    • IndescribablySad@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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      This is BREAKING NEWS if I’ve ever seen it.

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      deleted by creator

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    Months ago a headline popped up with ‘spanked’ instead. I’m a little disappointed it didn’t take off.

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      Apparently spanking took off for Fox News

    • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world
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      I’m still waiting for ASS BLASTS’ time to shine

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      Was there an actual spanking, or just figuratively?

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    Stop clicking on those articles, esspecially on platforms that they actually care about, like Facebook and Twitter.

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      Call me pretentious, but I genuinely forget about Facebook and that lots of people still care about it.

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    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

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      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.

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    Stop giving them clicks.

    “Audiences slam news outlets for hyperbolic headlines!”

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    As said, don’t click on it. I also avoid clicking on an any article who’s headline is a question

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      Also “Here’s why”

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      Like this one

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      Also if the thumbnail has obvious ‘ai’ ‘art’

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    Stand outside the editors window blasting the OST to space jam (the first one of course) everytime they publish such an article.

    • MagicShel@lemmy.zip
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      So, put them on blast?

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      Everybody get up, it’s time to slam now!

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    Everybody get up, it’s time to slam now

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    Get everyone who reads articles to stop clicking on any headline that includes the word. Then they’d pay attention.

    In other words, only a significant drop in clicks would drive any change.

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    Slam! da duh duh, da duh duh, let the boys be boys.

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      If we could just let the boys be boys maybe this whole SLAM thing would just go away

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    If it’s not “slam”, it’ll be something else just as bad. Be careful what you wish for, or it might be replaced with “obliterate” or “wreck” or something worse.

    Instead, how about we get news outlets to stop writing ambiguously abbreviated headlines as if they still needed them to fit on a page? “Stud Tires Out” could mean two wildly different things, and you can easily fit a couple more words into the 80% of the screen you’ve filled with ads.

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      Kamala low key yeets shade at Donald Trump over cappin 💯 💯 fr.

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    You gotta slam them back. Slam for a slam

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    “Beloved slam is slammed by lemming, news at 11”

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    Don’t worry, soon they’ll catch on to “cooked”.

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