>reportedlyWhat the fuck kind of adverb is that?
>>538312446A big one
>>>/lit/ is that way
Synonym for allegedly Media must use it before trial otherwise they're assuming shit but they assume shit anyway and it's also to cover their asses
>>538313503She cute
>>538313640what was the last example of a media house getting legally screwed because of not using the word 'allegedly'?
>>538315548Fuck off humans are speaking
>>538312446>purportedly
>>538312446>What the fuck kind of adverb is that?its hearsay, not a reliable source or eye witness with a name and address.if no one can be held accountable if its a lie, you can't trust it.
>>538312446It's a perfectly cromulent word.
>>538312446a perfectly cromulent one.
>>538315548Alex Jones.Also, doesn't Rittenhouse still have that lawsuit going with CNN or whatever?
>>538312446>it's a zoomer or esl doesn't understand the definition of a simple word and conceptI'm tired of these posts
>>538313640Yeah in other words somewhere along the way journalists no longer were held accountable for being able to back up their stories with real sources or evidence. I coulda swore that when I was growing up you could get arrested for something like that.
>>538312446Rowaddz
>>538312446Would you prefer "People have told me the following but I did not personally witness it" in full, every single time?
>>538313347>>538313503Back when women actually frequented this hellhole and were part of internet culture in general.
>>538315548The View, when one of them said Trump had been found liable for rape. I think someone at ABC News made the same mistake.
