• otp@sh.itjust.works
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    10 hours ago

    Make Headlines Have Propositions/Articles Again! (or whatever grammatical components are necessary to make headlines easier to parse; less garden path-y)

    Colombian WHO WAS killed in A U.S. [MILITARY?] strike was on a fishing trip, wife claims

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      7 hours ago

      I have a suggestion:

      Colombian WHO WAS killed in by A U.S. [MILITARY?] strike was on a fishing trip , wife claims

      The US military didn’t provide any credible evidence, they are basically starting a terrorist blockade of waters, while the only “fact” we have is the wife statement. Under normal circumstance the wife statement should be treated as fact unless proven otherwise.

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        7 hours ago

        Civilian MURDERED in TERRORIST ATTACK conducted by the US ARMED FORCES was on a fishing trip

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        6 hours ago

        Colombian killed

        Usually, sentences go noun-verb. So who did this Columbian kill?

        Colombian killed in U.S.

        Oh, a Columbian was killed. In the US, of all places! What happened?

        Colombian killed in U.S. strike

        Oh, weird. I wonder what kind of strike (maybe the government shutdown?) resulted in this Columbian getting killed.

        Colombian killed in U.S. strike was on a fishing trip,

        Oh, that doesn’t make sense that there’d be a strike in the same place as a fishing trip. Wait, was he not in the US at all?