Wilshire@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoMan 'sexually assaults' woman then throws her and a friend off bridge into ravine at German tourist spot - 1 deadwww.lbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkMan 'sexually assaults' woman then throws her and a friend off bridge into ravine at German tourist spot - 1 deadwww.lbc.co.ukWilshire@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squaremizmoose@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoThis is disturbing by itself, but the article putting sexual assault in quotes makes it all that much worse.
minus-squaredruppel@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year 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@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoOne might wonder then why the throwing woman and friend into ravine part isn’t also in cover-your-ass quotes.
minus-squaredruppel@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year 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: