Media doomerism, Part 3
All the doom that’s fit to print.
Media: They just make stuff up, Part 1
How reporter’ish people use celebrity endorsements in propaganda to promote their own interests.
Everything is awful: Doomerism in the headlines
The media: Everything is awful and something bad happened to someone, sometime, someplace.
Media: The “average cost of weddings” is $33k
The “average” wedding costs $33,000 or $35,000? No it doesn’t.
Media censorship: BBC altered Trump speech
The BBC edited Trump quotes, from an hour apart, to make it appear he said something he did not say. The BBC Director General and the BBC News CEO have now both resigned.
Misogyny alive and well at The Daily Beast
They denigrate women by referring to them as “Barbie”.
He calls himself an “honest pollster”
Famous pollster who calls himself an “honest pollster” is not honest.
Media: Drop in beer consumption due to Trump?
Consumption per person has declined since the 1980s, was stable for a while, and now, a majority of Americans view even drinking in moderation as bad for health.
Media: The Begging the Question Fallacy
Jezebiel publishes column urging witch’s curses on Charlie Kirk 2 days before his assassination – and then says this “is not who we are”.
Doomerism: Americans feeling better about retirement prospects but let’s spin negative!
This is bad – the article documents things are better, but the original title was “Retirement will ‘take a miracle’ for 21%.