• @MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
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      I’ve never heard of the site Mediaite before. I didn’t click the link, but plenty of AI slop sites are popping up and headlines like this are a good way to spot them.

      EDIT: apparently the sites been around for a bit, and this seems to be a one off headline issue. The credited writer appears to have several articles without issues apparent at first glance. Another article says “White House attorney” but it’s an attorney that’s acting as a liaison. Maybe just a nitpick. Some sensationalist headlines. Same as I’ve seen elsewhere so nothing too egregious.

        • Thank you for the link! Will edit my comment to reflect it’s not new. It seems there’s some question as to its journalistic merit with the wiki stating “The New York Times has described the site as “a blog that chronicles the gossipy media world””, but it seems it’s been around for a bit at least.

      • Tony Bark
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        35 days ago

        Its owned by Daniel Abrams, the guy who created Live PD and its spiritual successor, On Patrol: Live.

    • circuitfarmer
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      Such a strange sentence. Makes you “garden path” (reanalyze the syntax after already being deeper into the structure). Minimally need a “that” after “Senator”.

      Though it’s uncommon usage, so that’s actually a tick against it potentially being AI generated.

      • @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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        15 days ago

        need a “that” after “Senator”.

        You mean ‘who’, right? Senators are (usually bad) people so let’s not treat them like objects.

        • circuitfarmer
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          “That” or “who” are both commonly used for animate arguments. And given it is an object here, “whom” would be the most pretentious option.

      • @TallonMetroid@lemmy.world
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        145 days ago

        “Senator Elon Musk” is ambiguous phrasing. Obviously, what is meant is “Senator [that] Elon Musk”, but it could also have been calling Aparthiedman himself a senator.

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        Elon Musk isn’t a Senator. The title as written reads that way by default.

        A that shoved in the middle would fix that.

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        Senator Elon Musk Called a ‘Traitor’ Gets Rid of His Tesla: Don’t Want a Car Built By An ‘A**hole’

        This sounds like Elon is a Senator and was called a traitor; when it was actually Musk calling a Senator a traitor.

        Try:

        Senator, who was called a ‘Traitor’ by Elon Musk, Gets Rid of His Tesla: Don’t Want a Car Built By An ‘A**hole’