Value Subtracted@startrek.website to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days ago5 things federal party leaders keep getting wrongwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down13
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minus-squareroastedpotato@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoEnglish is not my first language. Is keep getting wrong the same as lying? Anyway, good but very short article. I’m sure there are many more items left out of this list.
minus-squareValue Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days ago Is keep getting wrong the same as lying? Probably. But no journalistic outlet is going to call it “lying” without proof that the leaders don’t sincerely believe what they’re saying. And that sort of proof is hard to get.
minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoA huge part of journalism is avoiding lawsuits. Saying someone is lying (without proof) opens the journalist to defamation suits.
English is not my first language.
Is keep getting wrong the same as lying?
Anyway, good but very short article. I’m sure there are many more items left out of this list.
Probably. But no journalistic outlet is going to call it “lying” without proof that the leaders don’t sincerely believe what they’re saying.
And that sort of proof is hard to get.
A huge part of journalism is avoiding lawsuits. Saying someone is lying (without proof) opens the journalist to defamation suits.