Side note: it really irks me that almost every ABC article has "allegedly" somewhere in the title.
I get they're all paranoid about being sued, but this isn't alleged, a kid was ACTUALLY stabbed. That can't be disputed, and you can't be sued for defamation for claiming that something that actually happened, happened.
For some people it's "POV:". For me it's "allegedly this situation that very obviously happened, happened".
The headline on the article page is (currently) "Boy, 16, fatally stabbed at shopping centre in Melbourne's west", so I don't know why the share-preview headline has 'allegedly'
The headline has been updated since the item was posted.
Boy, 16, fatally stabbed at shopping centre in Melbourne's west
Perhaps these days in the AI Age where so much slop is being published and also submitted for publication they have a publishing policy to insure themselves.
How is it defamatory? It's not defamatory. It doesn't accuse a specific person of stabbing anyone, and a situation can't be defamation. Unless shopping centres or suburbs can sue for defamation, in which case, they still couldn't, because it objectively happened.
He said there would be an increased police presence at the shopping centre and more patrols over the coming days.
Why? Are they expecting this random kid already in custody to go back and commit more? Did the security get around to stopping it last time? Will the increased presence last forever or just long enough for the public to forget? because it’s clearly not there to stop the person already in custody.
Such a meaningless response to the tragedy at hand.
The headline has been updated since the item was posted.
Boy, 16, fatally stabbed at shopping centre in Melbourne's west
Perhaps these days in the AI Age where so much slop is being published and also submitted for publication they have a publishing policy to insure themselves.