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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/38745122
An accused serial killer who was executed for murder in Florida on Thursday used his final words to express support for President Trump after offering comfort to his family and his victims’ families.
LOLWUT
I’m personally happy that The Casanova Killer is now dead. Obviously The Hill didn’t notice The Innocence Project passed this guy right the fuck by.
I thought that was a little strange, but after looking it up, it’s probably a defensible phrasing.
He was only convicted of two murders, while the definition of “serial killer” is three+ murders (plus some other qualifiers). The list of other killings he was suspected of doing, but which were never proven or convicted, would put him in the serial killer category. So it’s fair, in a journalistic sense, to say he was “an accused serial killer.”
Ohhhh, OK that makes sense then. I believe he did do those other murders so yeah, accused serial killer fits.
A convicted murder, who was also suspected of being a serial killer, …
It’s almost as if clear and concise communication is effective
Hmmm, can you expand on this? Not sure I understand.
Modern journalism sucks. Can’t use affirmative voice for anything. Everything is “alleged” this and “sources say” that. Even with a concluded court case that has found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt - the fairest way that we as a humanity have settled on for determining the truth or falsehood of questions like this - they still won’t say the words.
I think there are far bigger problems with modern journalism than being technically correct in favour of the affirmative voice.