I started to notice a trend on Mastodon and Lemmy where the person criticize a news source for writing a minimally biased headline.

Sometimes, I even notice a person posting a article on Mastodon to provide commentary, and in the replies you would find a person criticizing the headline for not using loaded words.

Is there is any specific reason for people doing this?

  • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    13 days ago

    Because passive language can be biased to.

    Say someone speeds, ignores a red light and runs over a cyclist, which headline is more biased?

    Fatal crash at xy intersection, collision between car and bicycle.

    Irresponsible driver kills cyclist at xy intersection.

    • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
      1·
      12 days ago

      Irresponsible driver kills cyclist at xy intersection.

      And you read the article and it’s a ambulance with it’s sirens on, going through a a green light that the cyclist was running.

      The reason unbiased/factual headlines are preferred is because there can always be context we miss at the reporting time.