jordanlund@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSlaying over ‘prized samurai sword’ leaves 1 Portland brother dead, the other in prisonwww.oregonlive.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up187file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up187external-linkSlaying over ‘prized samurai sword’ leaves 1 Portland brother dead, the other in prisonwww.oregonlive.comjordanlund@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareSolOrion@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months ago The two brothers lived with their mother, Elinor Markgraf, a former humor columnist for The Oregonian. She declined to comment. That they even asked for a comment is fuckin awful, imo.
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoAsking family members for comment seems like pretty standard reporting.
minus-squareSolOrion@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThat it’s standard- and for most stories I’d say expected and perhaps even necessary- doesn’t change that it’s awful in this context.
That they even asked for a comment is fuckin awful, imo.
Asking family members for comment seems like pretty standard reporting.
That it’s standard- and for most stories I’d say expected and perhaps even necessary- doesn’t change that it’s awful in this context.