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For the younger folks: Kerry got some seriously badass medals for his military service in Vietnam. People who had been on the same boat as he did, but at a different time, worked with the Republican party to claim that he hadn't really done what he did. The press ate this up, and distributed it widely, costing him public support and likely the election.

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[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Capitalizing every major word in a headline has been commonplace since the 18th century...

Aside from that, what's the issue?

Are you unfamiliar with The New York Times or The Washington Post?

Are you unfamiliar with the colloquialism "jump on board"?

Do you not know who the "Trump Camp" is?

Are you unfamiliar with the political neologism "Swiftboating"?

Do you not know who Tim Walz is?

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For me it's the Swift boating, certainly when it's with capitalization and a space. It makes me think they somehow went on a cruise on Taylor Swift's private yacht.

It's a prime example of why the headline capitalization is not great.

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee -4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Hundreds of years of years of journalistic tradition should be trashed, because you thought Talking Points Memo was talking about Taylor Swift?

What next, are you going to get confused reading about Watergate in history books, because you thought a gate that holds water is a dam?

Good lord, we are a failed society...

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

Lol. Imagine suffering like this over some random dude online.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 0 points 3 months ago

If you don't know that rather obscure reference the sentence turns into a garden path one.

I'm not even a American native so how should I know. Watergate I grok, this I've not heard of

If you give up on society this easy i think you are the problem, though.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

-in America

We don't do that much in Europe