Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Transgender@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agoTransgender Performer Quanesha “Cocoa” Shantel Fatally Shotwww.transvitae.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkTransgender Performer Quanesha “Cocoa” Shantel Fatally Shotwww.transvitae.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Transgender@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareJoshCodeslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months ago“Fatally shot”??? Murdered. She was murdered. Wtf is that headline?
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoLiability. He hasn’t been convicted so they are being as factually correct as they can be.
minus-squarespider@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-22 months agoOn the other hand, if the headline read, “Boyfriend accused of murdering transgender performer Quanesha ‘Cocoa’ Shantel”, that would also be OK as long as he was charged with it – which, in this case, he was.
“Fatally shot”??? Murdered. She was murdered. Wtf is that headline?
Liability. He hasn’t been convicted so they are being as factually correct as they can be.
On the other hand, if the headline read, “Boyfriend accused of murdering transgender performer Quanesha ‘Cocoa’ Shantel”, that would also be OK as long as he was charged with it – which, in this case, he was.