John Barnett's death has spurred conspiracy theories throughout the internet.
  • thesmokingman@programming.dev
    343·
    6 months ago

    The lede is in paragraph four. What the fuck. Why did I have to read three meaningless paragraphs to get to the headline.

    • meco03211@lemmy.world
      191·
      6 months ago

      You think you got it bad? I had to come in this comment sexton section to find the answer 4 comments down! If you read it, why didn’t you put it in your comment?

      J/k. I’m just a lazy fuck.

    • jeffw@lemmy.worldOPM
      92·
      6 months ago

      Sadly, this was the only article I saw today on the topic. It is weird that it’s buried. I mean… isn’t “don’t burry the lede” the first principle of journalism?

      • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        Not anymore. Not when your revenue is dependent on people seeing ads. The further they scroll, the more ads they see. So they shove a bunch of garbage fluff in the first few paragraphs to keep people scrolling.

    • pageflight@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      He exited the hotel at 2037 hours. At 2045 hours, his truck was observed backing into the parking space where it was later discovered. Video surveillance recordings continuously record his vehicle. Throughout the review of surveillance video spanning the evening of March 8th through the morning of March 9th, from the time the vehicle was backed into the parking space until the Charleston Fire Department gained entry to the vehicle, no other individuals were seen entering or exiting Mr. Barnett’s vehicle. At no time did anyone engage or try to make contact with Mr. Barnett.