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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens(www.theonion.com)

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Alerian@lemmy.ml
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They do actually rewrite it slightly each time they repost it, even though the title is the same

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jballs@sh.itjust.worksOP
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They just change the date, city, number of victims, and then change the fake person’s name for the quote. The rest stays exactly the same.

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Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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Yes, that’s how all news sites do it now

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Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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But in this case it’s part of the point of the repeating article that the article is nearly identical every time

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showmewhatyougot@lemmy.world
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What? This whole time I thought it was always the same article shared over and over when there’s another shooting, I mean the original one from years ago. That’s somehow sadder…

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