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4 Jahre Haft wegen Betrug: Trump begnadigt Nikola-Gründer Trevor Milton

Eigentlich soll der Gründer des Elektroautokonzerns Nikola wegen Betrugs vier Jahre ins Gefängnis. Jetzt wurde er aber begnadigt, Donald Trump verteidigt ihn.

https://www.heise.de/news/4-Jahre-Haft-wegen-Betrug-Trump-begnadigt-Nikola-Gruender-Trevor-Milton-10333719.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

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The words "detain" and "detention" have definitions that are mostly benign -- e.g. "detained by traffic on the way to lunch" and "grade-school kid has after-class detention..."

That's why using "was detained" is carrying water for ICE when the reality is "was kidnapped off the street and imprisoned..."

Journalism needs to be much more precise, but that would require less stenography and more thinking before publishing.