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Ted Cruz says ‘Let’s stop attacking pedophiles’ in embarrassing gaffe during rant about crime
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2025
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Not sure why they put a "must" in the headline. Apparently proof-reading is optional at the independent.
Prolly ai generated nonsense
I mean that's like the one thing LLMs are good at. They're not gonna have "let's" and compute "must" as the next token.
I bet someone wrote "we must stop" and then checked the quote and "fixed" it. Aka stupid meatbag shit.
No, it's just that the news media doesn't pay sub-editors any more.
I surprised they didn't just copy and paste it? Or maybe the article used to have that typo but I find that less likely.
Yes, the article headline itself had the typo. They have fixed it now.
@dude@lemmings.world edit the title so you don't look like a goober! 💜💜
Thanks! Fixed