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The Trump administration touted him as a victim of MeToo. Now he’s accused of dismembering a girlfriend
(www.sfchronicle.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
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Hold up, what?!
Paywalled article, first off. Secondly, is this suggesting that Trump has been accused of murder? Is this site at all reputable? Am I on acid?
I posted an archive link in another comment here. But no it’s not Trump being accused of murder. It’s some other guy, Joseph Carl Roberts, that “was once touted by the Trump administration as a poster child for the purported excesses of the #MeToo movement and the reckoning over sexual assault at American colleges.” Now he killed someone and has been charged for it.
It's just a somewhat poorly-written headline. It's about a guy - not Trump - who was supposedly victimized by the Me Too movement. And all-too-predictably, it turns out the guy - not Trump - is probably a psychotic murderer. Because that's the sort of guy Trump likes.
I hate this two sentence headline format ("John Doe did blankety-blank. Now he's yadda yadda whatever") almost as much as I hate seeing headlines with the words, "slam," "rip," and "sparks outrage."
Yeah, those are the worst. I'm like, "Look, I'm a news-interested person, and I want to know about this guy. Just give me a headline that interests me without it seeming like you're trying to trick me."
Badly written headline. There is a man targetted the MeToo movement who was defended by the Trump administration. Now that man has been accused of dismembering his girlfriend.
For all the people saying this is simply a badly written title.
Do you actually believe that?
Why is it that all these "badly written" titles, also happen to be designed to instill an outrage reaction?
It's not a coincidence or accident. All these "badly written" titles these days are done so deliberately. Just like YouTube is full of O-face thumbnails and bullshit titles, so is "the news".
It works in pulling in eyes.
Of course it's badly written. What are you trying to imply?
He isn't even named, it just says "him". How are we supposed to know who "him" is? The only named person is Trump, so how can we be expected to think "him" means anyone else?
THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT!
It's entirely deliberately written to instill that thought.
And it's not "badly written" as it is 100000000% effective in what it is meant to do.
Writing badly on purpose is still writing badly lol
Just replace "him" with "this man", and it's still clickbait but clearer. Or hell, just put his name there. The circumstance itself is interesting enough for an article without resorting to tricks.
Wish more people realized this, and realized it's a bipartisan practice too.