Wilshire ( Wilshire@beehaw.org ) to World NewsEnglish · 3 years agoMan 'sexually assaults' woman then throws her and a friend off bridge into ravine at German tourist spot - 1 deadwww.lbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up123
arrow-up123external-linkMan 'sexually assaults' woman then throws her and a friend off bridge into ravine at German tourist spot - 1 deadwww.lbc.co.ukWilshire ( Wilshire@beehaw.org ) to World NewsEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squaremizmoose ( mizmoose@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 years agoThis is disturbing by itself, but the article putting sexual assault in quotes makes it all that much worse.
minus-squaredruppel ( druppel@feddit.nl ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 years agoThey can’t say it is sexual assault, until the person has been conficted. So they put it in quotes to indicate that is has been alleged by someone else
minus-squarenzodd ( nzodd@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 years agoOne might wonder then why the throwing woman and friend into ravine part isn’t also in cover-your-ass quotes.
minus-squaredruppel ( druppel@feddit.nl ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 years agoI don’t make the rules 🤷 Maybe easier to prove? The media just doesn’t like getting sued. The article does say: The man was reported to have sexually assaulted one of the women
This is disturbing by itself, but the article putting sexual assault in quotes makes it all that much worse.
They can’t say it is sexual assault, until the person has been conficted. So they put it in quotes to indicate that is has been alleged by someone else
One might wonder then why the throwing woman and friend into ravine part isn’t also in cover-your-ass quotes.
I don’t make the rules 🤷 Maybe easier to prove? The media just doesn’t like getting sued.
The article does say: