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Hate how the BBC always use passive voice for car crashes. No mention that a driver is at fault.

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[–] cowpowered@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

News outlets like the BBC try (in my experience most of the time, but not always) to avoid implying something without some evidence or source. The driver was probably at fault, but it could have been a mechanical failure, a panicky swerve to avoid a dog running into the road, etc. Without knowing more they report passively, which I feel is appropriate.

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

it could have been a mechanical failure

So the owner (who is probably the driver)'s fault.

a panicky swerve to avoid a dog running into the road, etc.

So the driver's fault.

Without knowing more they report passively, which I feel is appropriate.

But yes, this remains correct even if the driver is at fault, someone must assign that fault, and that's not BBC's job. Could passive voice the driver in there too though.

[–] echo@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] olicvb@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

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