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Bluenorthwest

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14. I'm not talking DU rules I am talking about personal ethics, you say you are quoting but you are not

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 11:54 AM

Dec 2015

Here is what the Times says:
Swann-Paez's loved ones weren't allowed to visit her until 10 p.m. Nick Paez said he told his mother that her co-worker, Farook, may have been the shooter.

"That doesn't make sense," Swann-Paez said, according to her son. "They were congratulating him for having a baby."

Nothing about blame, nothing about saying it is not right to blame the shooter. LBN has nothing to do with it, there is no venue in which it is ethical to distort what a person has said by inserting your own bullshit language. It's wrong. You have been told by several people. Anyone reading this thread can see that I and the others are correct and that you have added language which changes the meaning of the victim's words to fit your own objectives.

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36 calls but barely knew him? exboyfil Dec 2015 #1

Misleading title of the day award... the word blame is not even in that article GummyBearz Dec 2015 #2

you are right it is definitely a misleading title still_one Dec 2015 #4

It may not make sense, but it happened, and that the perpetrators have claimed sympathy and still_one Dec 2015 #3

Fianc� visa and 'mail order-online' brides need much more scrutiny by our trillion dollar NS. Sunlei Dec 2015 #5

Your subject line is not true Renew Deal Dec 2015 #6

The headline is wrong Democat Dec 2015 #7

That's not at all what she said. Actual headline at the Times: Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #8

What she said is in double quotation marks, as is the article title. ucrdem Dec 2015 #9

Because it is not what she said. I did not cite any DU rules, I'm talking about basic honesty. Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #10

The headline is directly quoted. The thread title discusses a current event. ucrdem Dec 2015 #11

That is not true. The word 'blame' does not appear at all in the Times and there is no suggestion Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #12

You're mixing up LBN and GD. The headline is directly quoted in the message text. ucrdem Dec 2015 #13

I'm not talking DU rules I am talking about personal ethics, you say you are quoting but you are not Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #14

What I've directly quoted is correctly indicated. You're mixing up GD and LBN thread title rules. ucrdem Dec 2015 #16

I am fine with what she said, but your title is not at all what she said, it is what you said. Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #18

I'm not claiming it's what she said. What she said I've correctly quoted and cited. nt ucrdem Dec 2015 #20

Your use of the word 'blame' is misleading. Yorktown Dec 2015 #15

GD thread titles are not headlines. You're thinking of LBN. ucrdem Dec 2015 #17

Your headline is not a direct quote. Why do you keep saying that? We can all read. Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #19

GD thread titles are not headlines. The LAT headline is in double quotes at the top of the OP. nt ucrdem Dec 2015 #23

Your title says something different from what the woman said Yorktown Dec 2015 #21

What the woman said is directly quoted from the LAT article and so indicated. nt ucrdem Dec 2015 #24

But your TITLE erroneously ascribes words that woman is not reported as having said Yorktown Dec 2015 #26

The thread title summarizes the excerpt. The headline is quoted in the OP. GD is not LBN. ucrdem Dec 2015 #28

Your post is intentionally misleading Takket Dec 2015 #27

The thread title summarizes the excerpt. ucrdem Dec 2015 #29

The thread title does not summarize the excerpt, it interprets it. Yorktown Dec 2015 #35

You are not the messenger you are the author, your own added verbiage is what everyone on the thread Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #36

You inserted the "blaming Farouk", which utterly changes her meaning. Yo_Mama Dec 2015 #22

Possibly but "expressing astonishment" is your interpretation. ucrdem Dec 2015 #25

Misleading title. nt DLevine Dec 2015 #30

What would you suggest? ucrdem Dec 2015 #31

Misleading... obnoxiousdrunk Dec 2015 #32

Whatever point you were trying to make with that headline Cal Carpenter Dec 2015 #33

One more point: all the deceased are my neighbors ucrdem Dec 2015 #34

So be clear. Are you suggesting this is a false flag or what? Say what you mean. Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #37

No, the shooting victim said it didn't make sense. Not that blaming Farook ScreamingMeemie Dec 2015 #38

The referent of "that" is "Farook may have been the shooter." ucrdem Dec 2015 #39

This thread should make you ashamed. Seriously, this is rancid. This woman was shot and can speak Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #41

I've correctly quoted and cited what was reported in the LAT. ucrdem Dec 2015 #43

No you have not. And you have not answered a single question I have asked you, and I am not the one Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #48

There's no editorializing in the OP. ucrdem Dec 2015 #51

As an editor, I say with confidence that your work would be returned to you. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2015 #59

Bullshit post misleading GusBob Dec 2015 #40

What do you suggest? ucrdem Dec 2015 #42

Something more accurate and truthful GusBob Dec 2015 #44

Can you make a suggestion? ucrdem Dec 2015 #45

Yes sure GusBob Dec 2015 #47

Don't change it, some here obviously didn't make it out of the 9th grade. Rex Dec 2015 #50

Um...the OP merely paraphrased what she said and how is it not accurate? Rex Dec 2015 #49

That is the opposite of a paraphrasing. Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #57

Wow you are catching hell over wording! LOL! Rex Dec 2015 #46

Thanks Rex ucrdem Dec 2015 #52

When you are right, you are right. Rex Dec 2015 #55

It's pretty horrible. ucrdem Dec 2015 #58

Nope, not a paraphrase at all, it is an interperatation stated in editorial tone. Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #53

Wrong, but that is okay. Rex Dec 2015 #54

I'm right. You offer no support for your accusation. I know what paraphrase means. Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #56