Mr. Tucker, you are a hero. Your selfless act was awesome & I hope you receive nothing but positive recognition for your deed. Best wishes.
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He has a name. USE IT!
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Why can't he just be a good Samaritan? why note that's he's a ex-con?
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Because ex cons are socially viewed as "likely to return to behaviors that put them in prison."--- headline helps break the steep-type
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Except if he was White I'm sure the title would have read exactly what I said it should of been, it's been seen far too many times.
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The question was more so rhetorical.
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Rather than using his name, Aaron Tucker,
@CBSNews first tweeted “ex-con” and now rewrote the tweet as “ex-prisoner”.https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/886294297515085825 …
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It's called a hook, it's meant to draw people's eye so they read the story. Many may not read a story w/ the headline "Aaron Tucker skipped
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An irresponsible, lazy, and disrespectful hook. In my 15 years in news journalism, this would never have passed editorial.
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I do think standards are getting much more lax. There definitely had been a blurring of the line between news and infotainment.
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Yes, the internet has enabled this degradation of editorial quality for clicks and internet virality. Plus, quality of social-media staff.
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And it's not just here, you even see it in simple fact-checking. A few weeks ago I saw one of the late night talk shows advertising as
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He's a MAN who deserves the respect of being called one. Not ex-con/ex-prisoner. DO better
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Honestly 2 many ppl of color behind bars 4 mistakes that hurt themselves rather than society, yet they've been treated worse than terrorist!
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You just displayed the second greatest commandment from the Bible. "Love your neighbor as yourself". You are 2 b http://commended.www.jw.org .
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First it’s “ex-con”. Now it’s “ex-prisoner”. How about “Aaron Tucker”? What the fuck is the matter with you?
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Didn't really have to know he was a ex-prisoner...all the headline had to say was "man skip job interview to save car crash victim!"
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