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this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2023
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OP, I know it's not your fault (probably) but that title makes it seem like the killer was found dead. If you had reformatted like: "Man arrested in connection with slain cheerleader foud dead in her mother's bathtub" it could have been made a little more clear. It isn't actually important to the story that the cheerleader was found in the bathtub and the title would have been much easier to understand without that bit of trivial information.
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I don't see how either of my suggestions alters the meaning of the title or misrepresents the article. Changing the title, in this case, should be encouraged.
I feel the only reason that the information about the bathtub was included was to get people subconsciously excited about naked bodies. Aka Click bait.
I don't disagree, but this community wants to avoid any editorializing with its submissions. So we should blame the author of the article, not OP.
I think you may be confused about what editorializing is. This isn't changing tone or meaning, just clarifying.
Just so people know the correct definition of editorialize verb - to make comments or express opinions rather than just report the news.
Yeah I had to pause reading the headline too but didn’t want to editorialize it.
Do you know what the word editorialize means? I think you meant edit.
Fucking weird that the murderer ended up dead in the mom’s bathtub. I wonder if mom killed him?
/j
I know you're joking but the inclusion of the genderd pronoun does make it more clear about who was found in the tub.