• otp@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    If it’s not slam, it’s roast.

    I think journalists like these words because they’re not provably false and therefore can’t get sued for misrepresenting what someone said

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      1 month ago

      And if, heaven forbid, it’s not either of those, it is now apparently acceptable to refer to it as a “clap back.” In the newspaper of all places.