alt Hacker NewsWhat legal responsibility would they take on by not using it, in specific? I can only think of defamation or something but I doubt a question mark covers you for that.
What legal responsibility would they take on by not using it, in specific? I can only think of defamation or something but I doubt a question mark covers you for that.
"legal" in media companies. It's a loophole in law where if you phrase something as a question, you are not claiming as truth.
Say the media claims, "Your mom could be the murder suspect?" You are not technically saying yo mama is a murder suspect though it is implied so.
Media companies won't be prosecuted for any "wrong info" for such titles by law because it's a "question".
Same here for the blog post. It's framing as a question, not taking a responsibility that (though author implies so) he is claming MCP is a bad idea wihtout owning it.
It's worse than weasel phrases.