I am not a journalist, but I do research and write for a living. That bit of writing is really dodgy.
That is a pretty good example of weasel words. If I submitted something like that, my boss would send it right back with that part circled in red. "Are believed?" Believed by whom? On what evidence?Two teenage boys in Hong Kong are believed to have contracted AIDS from a family domestic helper, according to an article written by television artist Lai Chi-san (Maria Luisa Leitao) this week.