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headline wordage ... not exactly pet peeve, but I'm not sure of the better phrase to use

Posted by Reagen Sep 10 '14, 20:05

I see headlines saying that the NFL "refutes" the claim that they've seen the video. To me, that carries a definition of positivity, in that have definitively done so, to which I do not agree has done so. Headline writers need to stop using this word for "the person accused of doing something says they haven't".

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It's right there in the definition - "To prove something is false". Good luck, NFL. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 20:08
That's some law-talking-guy stuff right there. -- nm - budice Sep 10, 20:06 1
- also, some seriously garbled writing there - Reagen Sep 10, 20:27

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