X, is that Muskâs new fascist website?
This is going to be good
Trump will designate Reporters Without Borders a terrorist org, and terrorize their reporters using the state.
Itâs cute you think fascists care about borders, and that the US doesnât have a history of persecuting foreign political opposition.
What are you, 12?
The press freedom group Reporters Without Borders on Thursday announced that it is suing the social media company X, accusing it of spreading disinformation.
After Reporters Without Borders, or RSF, discovered that it was the target of a disinformation campaign this past summer, the Paris-based group filed 10 reports of policy violations with X, formerly known as Twitter.
Since none of the posts in question have been removed, RSF opted to sue the company in French courts âfor its complicity in disseminating false information, misrepresentation and identity theft,â the group said in a statement.
Ok maybe a very stupid question but
The press freedom group Reporters Without Borders on Thursday announced
Isnât that gramatically incorrect? Shouldnât it be âThe press freedom group Reporters Without Borders announced on Thursdayâ?
I see this kind of writing a lot in news articles so surely itâs not actually wrong, but thatâs not how I was taught English writing.
Itâs a bit stilted and no-one would speak like that (at least without sounding pretentious), but itâs not bad grammar.
Also, shame on the moron that downvoted you for asking a question.
I really donât see why you would think this.
Sooooo, Carl, on Thursday, said thatâŠ
Completely normal thing I would expect to hear.
Dialect variation. For me, saying âthe car needs washedâ sounds truly strange but millions and millions of people say it. Youâre experiencing similar with this phrase.
I believe you, I had just never heard it was âwrongâ and itâs never stood out to me.
the car needs washed
Is there a name/term for this abomination? Iâve only ever heard one person speak in that form (omitting âto beâ), and it has haunted me ever since.
Itâs correct, as much as any English is correct, but not typically spoken naturally like that.
The press (newspapers) has an idiosyncratic grammar, probably born of maximising space in a newspaper column. Headlines are often grammatical nightmares, body copy less so.
One could think of it as a form of semantic compression.
A good example of this is their insistence on using the comma, to mean âtheâ, âofâ or âandâ, leading to some bizarre headlines.
Midland, Baker, Roz, Mazda, convicted, fraud
Which despite the fact it just sounds like a list of random words, is in fact a valid sentence. Or at least it represents one.
Idk if youâre a native speaker or not, but as a native speaker of American English there is absolutely nothing wrong with this to me. You could put it in about 4 different places:
On Thursday the press freedom group Reporters Without Borders announced ____.
The press freedom group Reporters Without Borders on Thursday announced ____.
The press freedom group Reporters Without Borders announced on Thursday that ____.
The press freedom group Reporters Without Borders announced ____ on Thursday.
The first one typically has a comma after âThursdayâ. The second one you could offset âon Thursdayâ with commas. The third one is at best really awkward without a âthatâ or a question word (who, what, where, why, how) and you could offset âon Thursdayâ with commas; you can also drop the âonâ, in which case you canât use commas. The last one is possible but could be ambiguous (it could be that âon Thursdayâ is part of their announcement).
Had they just used some punctuation - âThe press freedom group Reporters Without Borders on Thursday, announcedâ, it would have made it easier to get. Even, âThe press freedom group Reporters Without Borders, on Thursday, announcedâ would be doable.
How do these feel?
I think they have to sue in French court, right? Couldnât X just âSection 230â them to no end if they sue in America? Ironically, Trump wants to repeal 230 and claim Platforms are actually publishers, but I guess he wants to do that to silence his critics and no real concern for disinformation.
