YanksFan9891 t1_irgvcc9 wrote
Reply to comment by Pufflekun in TRAIN CHAOS Panic at Union Square after ‘unknown substance’ causes passengers to cough and vomit and cops shut down station by brooklynlad
If someone is whacked out enough to spray a pepper spray can on a train, why are you so quick to assume they aren’t whacked out enough to fill it with a different substance? It’s called responsible reporting (admittedly shocked I’m saying that about the sun) to not state an obvious assumption as fact until it’s actually confirmed as such…
Pufflekun t1_irgy388 wrote
I would argue that writing a deliberately-misleading headline is the opposite of responsible reporting.
"Unknown substance" has a completely different connotation than "substance alleged to be pepper spray."
YanksFan9891 t1_irgydvg wrote
That is a fair and valid point. Not sure I agree with it, because your preference still implies something it may be not, whereas “unknown substance” is the most exact and correct term for what it actually is at the time the article was written. I don’t necessarily disagree with you either though. See where you’re coming from.
[deleted] t1_irhfu4s wrote
lol! You think some dumbass who does something like this has the equipment to pour substances in a sealed and pressurized can lying around in their basement. Smh
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