# Use of 'Allegedly' in the Media.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-allegedly-in-the-media/420148>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 22, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-allegedly-in-the-media/420148 "2007-09-22T23:59:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-allegedly-in-the-media/420148/21 "2015-03-22T16:38:01Z")

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This is one of my pet peeves about clumsy news reporting. Around here, local media uses alleged to occurrences, not people. Someone is not “allegedly murdered” if they’re found stabbed to death. It can be alleged that a \*specific person \* did it.

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**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-allegedly-in-the-media/420148/22 "2015-03-22T16:59:41Z")

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> [@seal\_cleaner](#):
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> Someone is not “allegedly murdered” if they’re found stabbed to death. It can be alleged that a \*specific person \* did it.

What if they were stabbed in an act of self-defense?

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**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-allegedly-in-the-media/420148/23 "2015-03-22T17:49:27Z")

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> [@seal\_cleaner](#):
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> This is one of my pet peeves about clumsy news reporting. Around here, local media uses alleged to occurrences, not people. Someone is not “allegedly murdered” if they’re found stabbed to death. It can be alleged that a \*specific person \* did it.

> [@Peremensoe](#):
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> What if they were stabbed in an act of self-defense?

or if they committed suicide.

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**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-allegedly-in-the-media/420148/24 "2015-03-22T18:21:26Z")

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Seen on TeeVee with my own eyes and ears:

“… the alleged suspect…”

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