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To: Tax-chick

Yes, poorly worded title. “after being shot” would be better wording?


3 posted on 06/19/2016 5:48:04 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: SMGFan

I think “shot and killed” would convey the meaning best. Using “after” breaks the cause-and-effect chain.

For example, “Famous FReeper Tax-chick dies after eating mushrooms.” Did I die because the mushrooms were poisonous? Did I fall down the stairs an hour after eating the harmless mushrooms? Lightning strike? Vampire attack?


5 posted on 06/19/2016 5:52:30 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Estos sufrimientos pasaran, y la esperanza una salida marcara." ~ Abp. Romero)
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To: SMGFan
Yes, poorly worded title. “after being shot” would be better wording?

Original lead 'Ritten by a kollitch grdu8' no doubt. Maybe from Rio Linda U.

8 posted on 06/19/2016 6:03:01 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Oil the gun, eat the cannolis, take it to the mattress.)
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To: SMGFan

“After being shot” clearly only involves one victim. But “After shooting” leaves the reader wondering if it was maybe a ‘mass’ shooting. The headline was deliberately misleading.


17 posted on 06/19/2016 6:49:53 AM PDT by uncitizen (Gloves OFF! Go Trump!)
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