Reports of vomit streaming down windows as more than 100 University of Canterbury students fall ill, with cause of stomach bug being investigated

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    1 day ago

    It’s a quote. Those little things around the sentence have a meaning.

    ‘It was Carnage’: Students describe…

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      You do understand the importance of editors in a newspaper, and their role in crafting headlines for articles…right?

      Simply because a student said it, doesn’t mean it should be included in a headline, especially if use misrepresents situation i.e. a battlefield or terrorist attack, and not everyone just shitting their guts out.

      Editorial discretion and competence, it has meaning. Or, at least, it should.