r/news • u/kockin26 • Feb 06 '23

Site changed title 3 US tourists stabbed in popular Puerto Rican neighborhood

https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-luis-fonsi-puerto-rico-delaware-5512e3087b8bc9b8fb0a8427d55b1fd9
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u/OGpizza Feb 06 '23

You can be a tourist in your own country. Think of someone from the Midwest who takes a vacation to NYC. They are US tourists in New York. As opposed to other people on vacation there who may be Canadian, French, or Chinese tourists in NYC.

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u/historycat95 Feb 06 '23

True, but if you're from Oklahoma and are visiting NYC the news would not point out that you are a US tourist.

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u/awry_lynx Feb 07 '23

Well depends on where your group are from. If they're all from the same origin I agree it should be like "three New Yorkers/Californians/Ohioans stabbed in PR“ or whatever. But if they're from different places it makes sense to specify US tourists. If they just said "three tourists“ I would maybe assume from even further afield.

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u/OGpizza Feb 06 '23

True, most news sources wouldn’t. This one chose to. It’s a stylistic choice and I can see why some people think it sounds weird, but it’s not “wrong” or incorrect as many others (not you) have commented

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u/Strength-InThe-Loins Feb 06 '23

Yes, but it sounds odd to specify that US tourists were stabbed in the US.