Agreed. One can argue wether stabbing with scissors is or is not proportional response to having ones dress lifted, but this headline lays out facts, a teen lifted another trend dress, they got stabbed. The language isn’t really bias to a conclusion and allows a reader to draw the conclusions themselves.
Just gonna add, the wording is likely trying to be as opinion/interpretation neutral, likely for legal reasons rather than any ethical reason, tho I would say that from an ethical standpoint it’s probably better (obviously in my subjective opinion on the matter) that conclusions about the news should be left to the person reading and not thrust upon the news itself. Facts only, no opinions.
I agree with your assessment and opinion. The news certainly needs to provide facts, and it also needs to provide some form of context, but outside of explicitly labeled editorials and the like, the need shouldn’t “lead” the audience to a point of view they advocate.
"She was charged with aggravated assault. He was charged with sexual battery. Now they share the same parole officer. Coming this Fall, Stabby and the Perve."
“Oh no! I paid Ednas cousin from Chicago to pretend to be interested in my PO’s and take him to Max’s diner Tuesday at noon because my favorite author was doing autographs that day and I needed to skip work and didn’t want the PO to check in on me. But now the signing is moved to Max’s and Perv works there too, and we can’t be in 500 feet of each other! How am I going to get the autograph AAND not get caught by the perv or our PO?!”
“Oh Stabby- you made another mess again!”
Stay tuned.
“Oh Stabby- you made another mess again!”
Stay tuned.