CNN — Ryan Fournier, a co-founder of the political organization Students for Trump, was arrested and charged with assault last week in North Carolina after allegedly hitting a woman with a gun, court records show.
CNN — Ryan Fournier, a co-founder of the political organization Students for Trump, was arrested and charged with assault last week in North Carolina after allegedly hitting a woman with a gun, court records show.
Is anyone else bothered by the ambiguity of that headline?
And further irritated by the fact that both OP’s notes simply repeat the phrase “after allegedly hitting a woman with a gun” without clarifying that he, not she, was holding the gun?
It’s so irritating to have to actually click and read the article. Especially on CNN on my phone because it’s so junk-filled.
“He is accused of grabbing a woman by her arm and hitting her in the forehead with a firearm, according to the charging documents, which have the woman’s name redacted.”
There, was that so hard, OP?
I mean of course we knew, but lazy grammar needs to be fact-checked.
What if he had been a brave unarmed MAGA individual, that boldly disarmed a woman who was brandishing a dangerous firearm at innocent people? By punching her with his bare hand?
For one thing that would have been more newsworthy. This is more like “Dog Bites Man.”
(Edit: And yes, it wouldn’t have been fair to arrest him for that, but it’s not unlikely, and would merit a headline)
The title is the title and while I might add a word or two in brackets I don’t change it and I use the first paragraph or so whatever it is. If you don’t like the wording I would consider messaging the article’s author. It seemed straight forward to me though.
Oh I know it’s their fault, and good on you for posting.