Alexei Navalny has died in prison

[awb]

https://apnews.com/live/alexei-navalny-death-russia-updates

[smt88]

"Alexei Navalny was tortured and assassinated by the dictator he was resisting."

I don't think AP should change the headline, but it's somehow still galling to read "has died" as though it wasn't a political assassination.

[sdwr → smt88]

Reads like more of a death of neglect than "tortured and killed". Sure, the whole thing is a sham and the intent was for him to die in prison, but it sounds like they treated him in a relatively respectful + dignified way.

[Dig1t → smt88]

This is a very common tactic in journalism nowadays, you can often tell the bias of the article by whether they say "died after X encounter" vs "killed by X".

Not saying that this particular instance has a strong bias, but in general it's interesting once you start noticing it.

[robertlagrant → Dig1t]

This is constant. If the author agrees with something someone says, they'll say that the person "pointed out" something. If not, it's "claimed".

[robocat → robertlagrant]

Russell or emotive conjugation: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotive_conjugation

It would be nice to have a better word for this type of manipulation. We all do it constantly! My risk management is your gambling.

[r721]

Active discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39395631

[ChrisArchitect]

[dupe] More discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39395631

[nujabe]

And so has Gonzala Lira.

[sschueller]

I hope when Assange dies in prison we will have the same outrage in the media as today.

[hulitu → sschueller]

> I hope when Assange dies in prison we will have the same outrage in the media as today.

Yes. But not in the same media. /s

Journalists are hard working people who have a rent to pay, want to go on vacation and maybe have a family to feed.

[simonblack]

So ... was he 'Epstein'ed? Or was he 'Gonzalo Lira'd? Or maybe even 'Seth Rich'ed? Surely he wasn't 'Assange'd.

[TacticalCoder]

So it's no unlike Epstein? (by that I mean there's doubt as to whether the death was natural or not)

[lolc → TacticalCoder]

I haven't yet seen the version where Epstein died of natural causes! Did I miss a good laugh?

[vagippona]

Honestly? The guy came out from a far-right party, in 2007 he said the muslim immigrants should be squashed like cockroaches. Fine that he stood against the Putin government, but as a person I don't give a damn he died

[asdefghyk]

How unusual. NOT