"Brendan Nugent [went] on to allegedly drive a Toyota LandCruiser into the independent MP Helen Haines in a targeted attack"
(The Guardian)

I don't care about the car's model name or brand so why is it always specified in news stories or podcasts?

Also, why don't we do that with everything else?
"The robber took her Longchamp bag before fleeing on his Minimotors Dualtron Mini. A witness saw the scene an called the police with their iPhone 18 Pro."
Sounds fun, right?

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[–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Could be a truck, a van, a sedan, a cargo vehicle, etc. Why not just say which of those then? Many people don't an encyclopedic knowledge of every model of vehicle.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    You still get a rough picture in your head, if you have the sort of brain that makes pictures from words. Only thing that comment left out was, uh, don't know the word, "verifiable details that add veracity to the story"? As they said, no point in going too deep, but a little color in the story is helpful.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    And?

    You still provide the necessary information. Someone that doesn't know can find out. Easily, even before the internet.

    Besides they don't have to know to form a picture of the events, they just need the scaffolding to build it on, and details provide that

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