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		lioeters on Dec 11, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Super Micro says review found no malicious chips i... Regarding this last point, I'd call it a "dark pattern" in journalism - it's intentionally designed to trick readers.

drak0n1c on Dec 11, 2018 [–]

This common dark pattern has a name for those interesting in reading news critically: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word

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