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persolb t1_jdvx037 wrote

Reply to comment by Dcap16 in All 7 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion victims found by Substantial-Pass-992

Adding the word ‘dead’ after ‘found’ would work too. Or switch ‘victims’ to ‘killed’.

The important information is that they are not alive anymore.

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graveybrains t1_je164ud wrote

The expectation that whole articles can be crammed down into the space of a headline is getting out of hand.

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persolb t1_je1wwou wrote

If the whole update can be a headline it should be. The entire rest of that article is filler.

Just to prove the point, I asked ChatGPT to summarize the headline in three ways and got:

Seven dead in Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion

Seven fatalities confirmed in Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion

West Reading community mourns loss of seven lives in chocolate factory explosion

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Someone paid to do it should be able to come up with a better headline. I also, after some persuasion, got it to provide click-bait versions...

"You won't believe what caused the deadly explosion at this chocolate factory!"

"Exclusive: Eyewitness reveals shocking details about the chocolate factory blast in Pennsylvania"

"Is the chocolate industry hiding something? Tragic explosion at factory raises questions"

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Sinder77 t1_jdw3cmk wrote

Is it? Seems like the information being passed along was that those people were missing after the explosion, now they've been found.

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VanillaLifestyle t1_jdw46ic wrote

All the dead are victims but not all the victims are dead.

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Sinder77 t1_jdw4di7 wrote

OK, but the headline is talking about whether or not they're been found.

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NordicDong t1_jdw5fad wrote

Found alive or recovered a body is a huge difference. You don't understand why people would want to know how many died vs stubbed their toe?

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Sinder77 t1_jdw5mjo wrote

The article gives that detail. This is a headline.

It's literally the first line of the article that they're bodies were found.

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NordicDong t1_jdw5qk6 wrote

Why not include that in the headline? It's intentionally misleading so you have to click. There will 100% be people who just read the headline and now believe 7 people just got found alive.

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Sinder77 t1_jdw64pl wrote

Because the point of this article is that they have now found all of them.

Before, they were missing. Now, they are found. The news is that they have now been found.

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NordicDong t1_jdwaqj0 wrote

Found means NOTHING without knowing if they're alive or not. You're either dense or pointlessly argumentative

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Sinder77 t1_jdwfvvm wrote

It's just the headline dude.

Like the alternative run would be that they're still missing. Which is also news. It's an ongoing situation that was updated. The update was that they're no longer looking for anyone as they've all been accounted for. I feel like I'm talking to a brick wall.

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NordicDong t1_jdwgm0a wrote

The real update is that they're DEAD not just found bruh. Nobody cares that they were found. The status is what matters. Get it together smh

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