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by maxbond 1026 days ago
Because they're populating a template.

> One article even failed to populate properly, with the text instead featuring a bracketed glimpse at how its opening sentence was supposed to read.

> "The Worthington Christian [[WINNING_TEAM_MASCOT]] defeated the Westerville North [[LOSING_TEAM_MASCOT]] 2-1 in an Ohio boys soccer game on Saturday," reads the butchered intro.