What legal responsibility would they take on by not using it, in specific? I can only think of defamation or something but I doubt a question mark covers you for that.
"legal" in media companies. It's a loophole in law where if you phrase something as a question, you are not claiming as truth.
Say the media claims, "Your mom could be the murder suspect?" You are not technically saying yo mama is a murder suspect though it is implied so.
Media companies won't be prosecuted for any "wrong info" for such titles by law because it's a "question".
Same here for the blog post. It's framing as a question, not taking a responsibility that (though author implies so) he is claming MCP is a bad idea wihtout owning it.
yipinwong · · focus · HN ↗
Ending with a question is a shady media way of getting aroudn the legal issue of taking responsibility.
I hate blog titles like this as the author doesn't want to take responsiblity for the claim.
nemomarx · · focus · HN ↗
yipinwong · · focus · HN ↗
Say the media claims, "Your mom could be the murder suspect?" You are not technically saying yo mama is a murder suspect though it is implied so.
Media companies won't be prosecuted for any "wrong info" for such titles by law because it's a "question".
Same here for the blog post. It's framing as a question, not taking a responsibility that (though author implies so) he is claming MCP is a bad idea wihtout owning it.
It's worse than weasel phrases.