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Fake News: Reuters mangles the story and has it backwards

Fake News: Reuters mangles the story and has it backwards

Reuters says a pro-Palestine demonstrator is detained by the police. But they had it backwards – he’s an Israeli Arab and the police were protecting him from protesters. However, this individual may have a reputation for appearing at protests engaged in various behaviors per the comments to his original X post. Twitter Reuters has now changed the caption, but without posting a correction notice:

Media myth: The “world’s happiest country” myth is now the basis for follow on stories

Media myth: The “world’s happiest country” myth is now the basis for follow on stories

The “world’s happiest country” myth lives on year after year after year. Finland now pretends it knows why it was identified as “the world’s happiest country”. In fact, the metrics used to determine “happiest” have nothing to do with happiest. The “happiest” title was promoted as sounding better than a metric that measured “well-being” based on things having nothing to do with happiness!