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Allegedly (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 month ago by [M] to c/ManufacturingConsent@lemmy.ml
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[+] -10 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I realise the media really doesn't help, and some of it is downright complicit/corrupt... But every time I see a post complaining about them using the word "alleged" I feel like I have to remind people that saying a crime definitely occurred, when it's not judged as such in a legal setting, is going to get your ass heavily sued or facing your own legal proceedings.

It's not always complicitness and "both sides"ing things, it's just covering their ass legally.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 month ago

    It has been already ruled by the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court plus documented from dozens of organizations.

    Meanwhile the media only needs any declaration from Israel to skip the allegedly when it's on the other side.

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  • [–] [S] 18 points 1 month ago

    We've got every major NGO in the world saying Israel is committing genocide and the ICJ ruling that Israel is committing war crimes and needs to stop doing it in preliminary rulings. This nonsense might have worked in 2023.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago*

    You don't even have to bring legal consequences into it. "Allegedly" means, "this is a claim that the referenced party is directly making," and that is itself meaningful a fact, aside from whatever the content of the claim is.

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