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riversedge

(75,229 posts) Sun Apr 27, 2025, 08:01 AM 20 hrs ago

So few headlines say what is actually happening-as they are dumbed down!!

This is how you accurately write a headline. Rolling Stone gets it.
https://bsky.app/profile/therickydavila.bsky.social/post/3lnr7mi5ekc26

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This is how you accurately write a headline. Rolling Stone gets it. (Original Post) riversedge 20 hrs ago OP

For those who need it: True Dough 20 hrs ago #1

Responses were not happy with the word "Deported" bucolic_frolic 20 hrs ago #2

And rightly so, since the word "deport" means to expel foreigners. flor-de-jasmim 20 hrs ago #4

No due process............. Lovie777 20 hrs ago #3

apparently not 'accurate' at all stillcool 18 hrs ago #5

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1. For those who need it:

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 08:05 AM

20 hrs ago

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2. Responses were not happy with the word "Deported"

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 08:22 AM

20 hrs ago

because it implies due process. "Kidnapped" was the preferred characterization. So Rolling Stone is only part way there.

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4. And rightly so, since the word "deport" means to expel foreigners.

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 08:31 AM

20 hrs ago

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3. No due process.............

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 08:25 AM

20 hrs ago

kidnapping children. Some with cancer. shithole musk republicans are pure evil.

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5. apparently not 'accurate' at all

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 10:23 AM

18 hrs ago

if words matter
expelled, kidnapped, trafficked, disappeared, abducted, exiled not "deported", per the comments
https://bsky.app/profile/therickydavila.bsky.social/post/3lnr7mi5ekc26