How the media lies by telling the truth

[WTJ]

The Terdhuffers spin it one way, and Infowars spins it the other way. WSJ seems to report fairly honestly.

The "lie" is in the torqued headline, which is a written soundbite. This is the shiny ball taught in .gov schools. "Just read the headlines, Little Johnny."

 

[WTJ]

Relativism.

Applies to all 'truth'. That's why I prefer facts.

 

[Lurker66]

Applies to all 'truth'. That's why I prefer facts.

news=a house is on fire. A first responder is on the scene.
Fox/msnbc/cnn=a man was seen running away from a burning house.
News=first responder ran to his truck, got a fire extenguisher and put out fire.
Fox,msnbc,cnn=why did this man run from a house fire? Tune in next sunday at 9pm.

Depends on where you get your facts.

 

[RickN]

news=a house is on fire. A first responder is on the scene.
Fox,msnbc,NBC, Abc, cbs, NYT, cnn=a man was seen running away from a burning house.
News=first responder ran to his truck, got a fire extenguisher and put out fire.
Fox,msnbc,NBC, Abc, cbs, NYT, cnn=why did this man run from a house fire? Tune in next sunday at 9pm.

Depends on where you get your facts.

Fixed it for you.

 

[chuter]

How does one lie by telling the truth?

Just realized I did it too! Of course if you're telling the truth you're not lying, but I made a headline that shows my prejudice against the media, and I want the perception to be that the media lies to you.

A more honest thread topic would have been "how the media misleads with half-truths".

 

[Vamoose]

They do it by not telling all of the story or editing it to highlight the parts they want people to focus on.

"A half-truth is a whole lie."

 

[Glocktogo]

I've noticed that Yahoo "News" has gotten seriously bad. The headers very often are exactly the opposite of what the text winds up saying. Maybe they got with Lightning Crash on how to right headers?

 

[Lurker66]

I just know its getting harder to find news sources. It seems all we rely on is news commentary, loose facts, biased opinions and blogs.

 

[WTJ]

news=a house is on fire. A first responder is on the scene.
Fox/msnbc/cnn=a man was seen running away from a burning house.
News=first responder ran to his truck, got a fire extenguisher and put out fire.
Fox,msnbc,cnn=why did this man run from a house fire? Tune in next sunday at 9pm.

Depends on where you get your facts.

Very true. I avoid, or vet, those 'sources'.

 

[ignerntbend]

Very true. I avoid, or vet, those 'sources'.

Do you apply that standard to articles from Czech newpapers you never heard of (especially when they tell you something you want to hear)?