Media running dangerously short on superlative adjectives
“Guzzling”, “Planet-eating” – nothing like pejorative writing from the unbiased media telling you how to think (thinking for yourself is dangerous).
Media: “Lethal” is the new hot summer word!
We used to have hot summers. Now we have “lethal”, “brutal”, “scorching” summers.
Daily Doomer: Everything is awful!
Added a new category today – the “Daily doomer” – because per the media, everything, all the time is doom and gloom! Everything is awful! A weaker dollar, skyrocketing prices and ‘record’ visitor numbers: Good luck in Europe this summer | CNN Everything is so awful that a record number of Americans are traveling to Europe in 2024?
Fact check: Snopes says Covid lab origin is a conspiracy theory, and claims they never said that
Funny – fact checker Snopes said in the past that a Covid lab origin was a conspiracy theory, then one of their fact checkers denies they ever said that.
Media: Don’t do your own research, rely on experts
Expert suggests you not “do your own research” and think for yourself. Rely on the experts, like him, apparently.
Betteridge’s Law Again: “Shots Fired at Colorado Supreme Court after They Booted Trump from the Ballot. Coincidence?”
Betteridge’s Law strikes again. The answer to the headline is No, of course.
Betteridge’s Law: Amid a new COVID-19 surge, should we all be wearing masks again? Experts weigh in
Nope. This uses the technique of asking a rhetorical question, whose answer is No, to make an implication.
Media: “Negativity drives online news consumption – PubMed (nih.gov)”
“Negative words in news headlines increased consumption rates (and positive words decreased consumption rates).
Media: David Axe and his hysterical Covid headlines are back!
David Axe, the reporter who has spent years writing basically the same story week after week about Covid, with hysterical, fear-inducing and wrong headlines, is back at it again!
Journalism
Nothing like being off by 1000x.