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[–] 15 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

This is a bit of a tangent, I know but fuck does this irk me...

ballistic

I don't think you know what this word means. You use words like these in every fucking news header now, and not one of them was warranted.

Fuck your clickbait titles, can all of you journalists PLEASE become real journalists again and start covering actual news that you present to us with actual real headlines instead of this made up clickbait slop?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Not sure if it's a colloquialism but "going ballistic" where I live means being really angry.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I know the meaning

    My point is that everything is now "going ballistic!", "slammed!", "ripped!" where in reality there may have been an exasperated sigh.

    My point is that journalists need to stop over sensationalizing literally every news article they write, it is super annoying and makes me want to stop reading the news altogether

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    While I agree with everything you say, "journalists" know what they're doing and they realize that making bad titles just causes people to speak about their articles more.

    I have very little respect for the "profession" at this point.

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