• remon@ani.social
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    5 months ago

    “How about we all come together and say ‘let’s stop attacking pedophiles,’” he said.

    Not sure why they put a “must” in the headline. Apparently proof-reading is optional at the independent.

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        I mean that’s like the one thing LLMs are good at. They’re not gonna have “let’s” and compute “must” as the next token.

        I bet someone wrote “we must stop” and then checked the quote and “fixed” it. Aka stupid meatbag shit.

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      5 months ago

      I surprised they didn’t just copy and paste it? Or maybe the article used to have that typo but I find that less likely.

  • KT-TOT@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    “gaffe” implies he has mad some attempt to backtrack or present a corrected sentence. He said it.

    Journalism is so cooked

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      5 months ago

      FYI, “Gaffe” doesn’t imply he has made an attempt to backtrack. It’s just a blatant mistake or faux pas.

  • notabot@piefed.social
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    I still don’t know what word he actually intended to use there instead, unless he was trying to normalize the concept of accepting pedophiles.