Me too. I see
Matt Lauer “anally raped”
And my brain immediately goes to imagining that as a terrible analogy. Instead the quotation marks around the words were only there for anti-libel reasons, taking the place of “allegedly”. That the headline was 100% literal was a bit of a shock.
To be clear, the headline is a shock, the fact that Matt Lauer raped someone is, well, expected.
