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Culture War Roundup for the week of April 28, 2025

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AI filler slop to an article

Then it would have been better not to include it at all. Maybe some journalists are paid by the word but on the other hand some lamestream media articles are refreshingly short. I picked a random AP article and it's only 4 paragraphs: https://apnews.com/article/alaska-inmate-lawsuit-health-care-6f9314f621d52d92c3ac585889ab0fdc

On most human written articles, everything in the article has a point, even if that point is just propagandizing. You rarely see articles that are just padded with worthless fluff. As a specific example, you can look at one corresponding human article: https://archive.is/KduY8 where pretty much every sentence provides important context to the event being reported.

You rarely see articles that are just padded with worthless fluff.

... this article was in the Entertainment section of Yahoo News. Can you find an example of a Yahoo News Entertainment section article that was published in the past week and was not padded with worthless fluff?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/disgruntled-disney-employee-sentenced-prison-174128065.html

Ok, first paragraph of the article (archive for reference) is

A disgruntled former Walt Disney World employee has been sentenced to three years in prison for hacking the parks' menus and changing them to falsely say foods were safe from certain.

You're right! This author hates fluff so much that they even end their sentences before they.

But also

Scheuer will receive credit for the six months he has already spent in jail. Scheuer's defense attorney David Haas said in a statement that the disgruntled employee is "very remorseful."

"He is very remorseful and apologized to the victims during the hearing," Haas said in a statement. "He is eager to get back home to his wife and 3 young daughters. He was the sole earner in the family as his wife has a number of medical issues and homeschools their children so he will look for work upon his release."

Scheuer will get credit for the six months that he has already spent in jail.

The same sentence is literally repeated twice. That does seem a bit padded with worthless fluff to me. The same sentence is literally repeated twice.

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