[Freee-dame]

Headline says “spitting”. I imagined the perpetrator spitting on the floor. That is very different from “spitting on him” (on the bus driver.)

[Openurmind]

“Headline says “spitting”. I imagined the perpetrator spitting on the floor. That is very different from “spitting on him” (on the bus driver.)”

There is always more than just the headline. In the article:

“in a caught-on-camera attack after the passenger apparently spat on him mid-route.”