"As the president of the United States, you have power to change the course of history, and the responsibility to save lives right now," the staffers wrote.

“As the president of the United States, you have power to change the course of history, and the responsibility to save lives right now,” the staffers wrote.

  • @TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
    OPEnglish
    3•8 months ago

    The context is in the article. It could be argued that it is in the headline too, but some obviously have interpreted it differently.

    Edit: Replace “as” with “while” and maybe you’ll understand.

      • @TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
        OPEnglish
        2•8 months ago

        I’m not trying to be condescending. I’m just incapable of explaining this in a satisfactory way. Those criticizing the headline are not pointing out anything meaningful. The information in the article correlates with the headline. Biden has the ability to endorse a ceasefire, “while” his former staffers are urging him to do so.

        • @slackassassin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          8•8 months ago

          You are incapable of explaining it because it is an incredibly common and recognizable representation of a bad faith headline.

          • @TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
            OPEnglish
            3•8 months ago

            Summarizing an article and writing a headline isn’t easy. I know from experience. It may be in bad faith, it doesn’t appear that way to me. It doesn’t detract from the relevant information in the article.

            • @slackassassin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              7•8 months ago

              FWIW I think the administration could, should, and (unfortunately) probably won’t do more to support a cease fire.

              I just don’t think my opinion justifies misrepresenting what actually occurred in a headline intentionally.

              And the author of the headline did. They knew. And if you have experience, you know they knew.