The headline says he swatted himself “to look like a victim”, even though he specifically says “I swatted myself like 3 times to test my methods”.
While throwing the police off his trail may have been a beneficial (for him) side-effect, it’s not what he says the reason is. No quote from the article says that trying to “look like a victim” was part of his motive to begin with. The only line in the article that actually mentions this is a parenthetical speculation from the author.
Even though it’s minor, that sort of inconsistency in the headline feels like very irresponsible reporting. Maybe there’s other testimony in the case that backs that up; but if so, it isn’t mentioned anywhere in the article.
The headline says he swatted himself “to look like a victim”, even though he specifically says “I swatted myself like 3 times to test my methods”.
While throwing the police off his trail may have been a beneficial (for him) side-effect, it’s not what he says the reason is. No quote from the article says that trying to “look like a victim” was part of his motive to begin with. The only line in the article that actually mentions this is a parenthetical speculation from the author.
Even though it’s minor, that sort of inconsistency in the headline feels like very irresponsible reporting. Maybe there’s other testimony in the case that backs that up; but if so, it isn’t mentioned anywhere in the article.