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Ex-CNN producer sentenced to more than 19 years for luring 9-year-old into sex acts (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 1 year ago by kool_newt to c/news

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[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sentence is correct, but the article title sire does pussyfoot around the word rape.

[–] Fisk400 5 points 1 year ago

I think it's the same problem as youtube. Words like rape and pedophile lowers ad value on the article.

[–] cavemeat 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aw man, I didn't notice until you pointed it out. Why is news media always so reluctant to say rape even when the rapist has been convicted?

[–] gurmif@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

IMO, we need different words, just like we have different terms for murder (first degree second degree, manslaughter, etc). To me "rape" means "dragged violently into an alley and forcefully peenetrated", not the myriad of other circumstances of questionable/lack of consent.