A hero schoolgirl who was stabbed to death while protecting her friend from an ex has been identified as tributes were paid to the “beautiful soul”.

  • Bloodwoodsrisen@lemmy.tf
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    1 year ago

    It always enrages and bewilders me when they keep the person anonymous in headlines instead of saying their name

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        1 year ago

        Yeah but the link to the article included the name, so I am not sure that is a good excuse. They seemed to have the name when creating the article, otherwise how could it show up in the URL?

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      1 year ago

      It’s simply because a headline like this is much more useful for people coming to the story for the first time, or who aren’t deeply familiar with the story. It’s not a sleight on her. Also at the time of publication, I think her name had only recently been released by the police.

      I agree that the BBC’s style of headline is better, though https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66942594