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- world@lemmy.world
Denmark’s historic old stock exchange building in the centre of Copenhagen has been engulfed by fire.
The 17th Century Børsen is one of the city’s oldest buildings and onlookers gasped as its iconic spire collapsed in the flames.
Everyone inside the building was able to leave and people rushed to rescue some of its historic paintings.
Culture minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said 400 years of Danish cultural heritage had gone up in flames.
The building, dating back to 1625, is a stone’s throw from Denmark’s parliament, the Folketing, housed in the old royal palace of Christiansborg castle. Danish media said the nearby square was being evacuated.
Took me a second to realize they meant literal flames, not a figure of speech describing a market selloff. Poor building. : (
Oooh God, there’s a fire!!!..sale
(Sorry for quoting arrested development during a tragedy)
Same. This is why words matter, and sensational headlines do more harm than good. I always feel like I’m screaming into the void on this point. Headlines should not have cute puns or misleading language. They should be simple and direct. We need words to mean what they mean, especially in times like this. No more slamming, slicing, bleeding, or flaming unless those things actually happened.
If you ever read old newspapers, it’s fuckin wild how clear and descriptive they are. Modern reporting is downright conversational by comparison.
I read a book on the Wright Brothers and early flight recently, and holy shit is it astounding how often reporters would just make up whatever shit they wanted in the 1900s-1920s.
With chatbots writing half of all news articles today, it’s not that different really
The picture didn’t tip you off?
Bold of you to assume I actually opened the article web page and got more than a thumbnail.
There is a group of amateurs building a suborbital rocket called “Copenhagen Suborbital”.
At first I though the picture was a failed rocket launch !