• nutomicA
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    3 years ago

    Okay but then the title is completely misleading, because it says “worldwide”. So you could say that the title is misinformation.

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      3 years ago

      yeah, title is not appropriate, if not misleading, it’s definitely incomplete

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        3 years ago

        @uthredii@lemmy.ml could you please change the post title to remove “worldwide”, and mention that its about the United States?

        @AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml Maybe the community could have a rule that the title must accurately reflect the content of the article?

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          I would prefer not to change the title because:

          1. It does include comments from WHO that are not specific to the US:

            The World Health Organization on Thursday pushed back against the consistent chatter that the ultra-transmissible omicron coronavirus is “mild,” noting that the variant is causing a “tsunami of cases” that is “overwhelming health systems around the world.”

          2. The post title is the same as the article title.

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            3 years ago

            It doesnt mention any specific country besides the US where health systems are currently overwhelmed (and i havent heard about that anywhere else). And i dont think we should keep the original title if it is clearly misleading like in this case.

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              3 years ago

              I’m sorry but I still disagree.

              The article is quoting the world health organisation which is a global organisation. WHO is looking at data from the whole world, not just the US.

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                3 years ago

                Then you should link an article which talks about the whole world. The title doesnt reflect the content of the article at all.

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          I’ll make a post soon asking for feedback on how “world news” should be defined, extending that old thread we had on that.