I don’t know who started this, but I always feel frustrated when I see headline along the lines of “USA says” or “China signal”, countries are not people.
I don’t understand why don’t even the best news outlets put headlines like " Official x said this on official order on USA" Or something like that.
I really don’t understand who came up with this way of reporting where they report on officials as their country and I always thought that this is dumb.
That just sounds like extra words added to a headline that everyone already understands.
Even if your way IS better, things aren’t often done “the best” way.
Costs, space, time and extra work often make a “less than perfect” method MORE realistic in day to day processes.
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