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[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 125 points 4 days ago

"A Canadian politician"

Isn't this guy the head of their conservative party?

[-] ShadowRam@fedia.io 45 points 4 days ago

After he lost in the election,

Some rando step aside and give him his conservative seat.

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Also he didn't even get the re elected in his own riding

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

Hey now, it could have been the liberal party. They've made the "Whoopsie!" of endorsing fascism before.

[-] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

Probably not for long

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

Taking over from a US citizen.

[-] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Yes, the leaders of the parties are, in fact, politicians. I'm not seeing what point you're trying to make, he's even cited as "the leader of Canada's official opposition party" farther down the page.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

I'm discussing the headline, and yes I'm aware they're politicians, headlines conventionally refer to people by the most notable thing about them if they can't get away with directly naming them and people knowing who they're talking about.

"A Canadian politician" implies some borderline rando rather than the leader of a major opposition party, which is more concerning than the headline implies

[-] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

You're reaching, the headline is hardly doing that, and the article certainly isn't. Even someone unfamiliar with Canadian political parties and their members couldn't possibly come away with the impression that Poilievre is a "borderline rando" unless they failed to spend 30 seconds reading that 1/4 essay of a blurb.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Again I'm talking about the headline in isolation, not the rest of the article.

The reason it's important is that if people do read "borderline rando" rather than "leader of a significant party", there's a much greater chance they don't click and get the extra context

[-] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

The headline is doing exactly that. My first reaction was "of course some asshole is, probably a conservative." And then I clued into the photo and recognized the buffoon. If I wasn't a Canadian, or didn't have the picture, or maybe wasn't good with faces, I would have scrolled by not realizing the idiot in question iis the leader of the Conservative Party.

A responsible headline would have said that. It might as well have said "A random white guy from Canada is openly spreading propaganda." I mean it's a true headline right? Not misleading at all.

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