This mess is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.

  • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    What the fuck is happening to journalism? What is “reportedly says” supposed to mean? Did he say that and you are reporting on it, or did it come to you in a dream?

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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      It’s because they machine translated the direct quote. It means “here’s the direct quote in English, but we cannot absolutely guarantee that it is a flawless translation.”

      They’re clear about that in the article.

      And that’s reasonable for these internet tech outlets, which don’t have much budget for (say) human translators for every little blurb these days. TBH it’s a miracle PCG is still operating at all.