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[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 113 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Because trump and his friends that own all the media were the ones raping children

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 15 points 2 weeks ago

Is that why the media outlets that scream "orange man bad" all day long are also doing that damage control bullshit?

it doesn't matter who's in charge, the media is evil and you don't hate them enough

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 60 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

When I lived in Australia, we had floods. The news kept using the term "inundated" so much we turned it into a drinking game.

"This place is inundated", "That place has inundation", "Were expecting here to be inundated". And you're thinking, "With what? Zombies? Donations? Locusts? Oooooh, rain water. Yeah, that's called flooding, not inundating."

It was so weird, but all the news outlets did it.

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Better than the US media. "Australia SLAMMED by flood." "Flood BLASTS Australia."

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Australia pegged without lube by brutal floods.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wait.....with or without consent?

[–] Instigate@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago

It’s Australia. We always consent to a good, hard pegging.

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

OMG so much better! Wow!

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

News media often have editorial requirements that ban themselves from using certain words. Sometimes it’s because the words are politically incorrect but other times it’s much more mysterious as to why they don’t use them.

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

You were flooded with articles about inundation? I bet using that term resulted in a flood of comments on those news pages.

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 39 points 2 weeks ago

Because the media is evil, the same people who helped jeffery do all that stuff are the same people who fund the media

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably trying to minimize the possibility that the words "child rape" or "pedophile" will occur within screenshotting distance of an ad for kid swimsuits or something. Journalistic integrity isn't brand friendly.

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Now imagine that

An article's header that reads 'Toy Story 5' trailer reveals new villain for Pixar franchise

(It's a fucking tablet. In 2026. I can't get over it)

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I (American) remember visiting the UK for the first time when I was like 8. I remember thinking it odd that they referred to "car accidents" as "car crashes."

They're not all accidents.

[–] Hamartia@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you sure you're not remembering watching Hot Fuzz

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Reminder to watch that again, though it seems to be on at least a yearly viewing. I could do more but don't want my gf to never suggest it, it's always a treat when she wants to watch it too. Seriously one of the best movies of all time (though at my age that list grows but probably only 20-30 now I don't keep track).

[–] greenbit@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent is a confession and a revealing of the method

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Yes. I don't really look up to Chomsky anymore, but 70% of what he said are correct, the other 30% are genocide denialism and his shocking defense of Epstein even after the latter has been captured.

[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Some quick searching reveals that this seems to be changing due to online discourse:

How old were the minors trafficked in the Epstein-case

The victims in the Jeffrey Epstein case were minors — overwhelmingly teenage girls — with reported ages spanning from early adolescence into the late teens; official federal court materials cite victims “as young as 14,” while civil complaints and news reports have claimed victims as young as 11, 13 and 16 in specific allegations

4. How language, sealed deals and settlements shaped public understanding of victims’ ages

Legal maneuvers — notably the secret 2008 non‑prosecution agreement and sealed filings — obscured the full record for years and limited public insight into precise victim counts and ages, contributing to variations in public reporting and the proliferation of civil claims when more documents were later unsealed [10]. Media guidance and public sensitivity also shaped descriptions: newsrooms corrected and cautioned against euphemisms like “underage women,” urging the terms “minors,” “girls” or “children” to reflect victims under 18 [12]. Settlements and redactions in civil litigation further complicate a single, authoritative age list [10].

My guess is that adolescent teenagers are sometimes referred to as “young men” or “young women”, and are generally distinct from prepubescent children. Given the early and ongoing obfuscation of the evidence, perhaps it’s an over-correction by the media towards generalized language. Teenage sexuality also exists, although when an adult is involved it’s legally referred to as statutory rape. Generally, the especially heinous “child rape” or “child sexual abuse” is reserved for pre-adolescents.

Here’s an interesting article detailing NPR’s editorial process after it used the controversial term “underage women”:

By 5 a.m. the next morning, Sprunt's introduction had been reworked again, this time adding the inappropriate description of the victims. Marrapodi said the staff was trying to ensure that victims' voices are present whenever appropriate

Marrapodi said several people were collaborating on the script and so he's not assigning responsibility to a single person.

As NPR is a more a left-leaning, independently open, and sympathetic news organization, so I found it particularly interesting that they made this mistake. Someone on their review staff put the term back in during the editorial process and it makes me wonder, why would they?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

As NPR is a more a left-leaning, independently open, and sympathetic news organization, so I found it particularly interesting that they made this mistake. Someone on their review staff put the term back in during the editorial process and it makes me wonder, why would they?

My good dude, I must tell you that with decades of experience in NPR and some fancy certifications in related disciplines, I and more than a few others are of the opinion that NPR is at best a centrist media outlet, and more often than not when they present a political news story they go to extreme lengths to highlight and distort implications that minimize damage to the republican party, period.

Not some of the time, not obviously, but every time, and discreetly to the uninitiated listener. It’s really, really infuriating.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

while civil complaints and news reports have claimed victims as young as 11, 13 and 16 in specific allegations

Wasn't there a epstein discovery a few weeks ago, where they discussed how to get a toddler to suck dick?

It was even worse - it was about infants.

It sounds like there's been public backlash against that professor. "In response to protests and attention, Tramo's profile page was removed from UCLA's media guide on the university website. University officials have not publicly commented on any disciplinary actions."

That last line makes me suspicious though. Why not publicly say what they're doing about it? At this point, it's clear that this rot is fucking everywhere. If the "university officials" won't make it apparent they disagree, disapprove, and are willing to do something about it, then I'm ready to believe they're all complicit.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, yes, a thousand times YES!

I'll take a stab at answering all three of these questions with one answer.

The reason it's being reported like this, is because the same CEOs that own the media reporting it this way, are the same shithead CEOs that miss going to their favorite little island.

Lee Harvey Oswald was killed so he couldn't talk about what he knew, and so was Epstein.

In both cases, too many people stood to be exposed for what they had done. Just in very different ways.

Had Epstein been able to talk, 99% of billionaires and elite would be exposed.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Many say so was Jack Ruby. But I digress.

[–] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Any position of trust or power is one which demands from us a constant scrutiny and a willingness to disrupt a working system in order to weed out abusers. All too often the general populace instead sees these positions as occupied by trustworthy people who are too big and important to face scrutiny, too disruptive to remove. We create these positions, let them fill up with rotten people, then complain when they carry out abuse as if we aren't holding the gun that just shot us in the foot.

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 9 points 2 weeks ago

i don't really find the term weird, but it maybe a language thing. "underage" to me means "juvenile", as in not yet of age to be tried as an adult in court, e.g. 18. "woman" in this context to me signals that they are refering to someone who is over the age of consent, which is usually 15. so between 15 and 18. however, from the news i can surmise that the definition i built from this one post does not hold.

on the age difference, at least here it's still illegal if the partner is a certain number of years older, i think the age gap is three or four years. so not much help for the rapist pedophiles there.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

The media was the real villain all along.

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Dershowitz, the same gross creepy lawyer that helped Epstein with his sweetheart deal & taught at Harvard was not only known for his frequent lectures about how men accused of rape are the real victims, but that they should lower the age of consent. And he was accused by Virginia Guffrie, and recent files shows her lawyer likely was working against her. And his explanation is that he kept his panties on while getting a massage. This is who the media frequently interviews to pedosplain the tragedy.

[–] jack_of_sandwich@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Weird considering how often adult women are referred to as girls.

"Underage girls" would be technically redundant but in practice correct

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Going out for drinks with the boys is almost always with adult men. A girls night out is often with adult women. We use boys and girls regularly to refer to adults depending on the context.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 1 week ago

There's also an entire genre of literature aimed at older children called young adult.

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

They're a "ghurl" when it's an adult waitress serving folks at a restaurant in Tuscan, but the moment its the president of the united states sticking his finger into a 13 year old's genitals, she's a "young women". Fucking pedophiles from top to bottom.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Some are trying to dodge legal action against them, others are owned.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Well, all of them are owned.

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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What legal action does calling a child an underage woman prevent?

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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Turns out maybe the entire american system is complete shit from top to bottom. Who’d’a thought that starting out with genocide and slavery could have built up to something like this?

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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Well that would be yet another new definition then.

[–] HrabiaVulpes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Media been minimizing crimes for years through the concept of "sensitive topics". Many users are so used to them they even self-censor. There is no murder or rape in media nowadays, people are simply "unalived" or "having involuntary sex".

[–] spirinolas@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Boys abused by female teachers: "first time?"

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

We need socialism

Didn't we already do this exact post like 2 or 3 weeks ago?

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