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%.
Media miss: Covid-19 vaccinations
CDC changed Covid vax recommendations to align with the rest of world. Surprisingly, almost no one was still getting Covid vaccinations in 2024.
Media: Click-bait headlines of The Cool Down
The Cool Down’s headlines are funny for their attempt at emotional triggers based on a faux appeal to authority.
Media: Where idiocy runs rampant
“JournOList” creator says the pandemic was ended by vaccines. Uh, nope. Per the CDC, by mid-2023, almost 4 out of 5 adults in the US had had Covid-19.
Media: Another fake “died from heat” story
Another story alleging a death due to heat – except it was 82 deg F at 6 pm at the time the subject had a heart attack. This mistake has been made before, when a runner died on a day with “triple digit” temperatures. Except the race began at 5 am and temperatures were in the low 70s during the race. Details matter.
Why put “Musk” in front of these story titles?
Why does the media preface any story about Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, etc, with “Musk’s” …
Media: “It’s impossible to say” but we will say it anyway
It’s impossible to make this claim, says ABC News, but we will make it anyway…
Media: “Camp Mystic girls had a safe haven by the river for 100 years. Then, the flood came.”
Except the camp has flooded numerous times. Was that really a “safe haven”?
Media: Canada’s “mass graves” story collapsed
Several years ago, the world erupted in anger over allegations that perhaps 1000s of indigeneous children had died in Canadian schools and were buried in unmarked graves. The story turned out not to be true.