Media: Media’s sexist, racist obsession with “missing white women”
The media overwhelmingly biases coverage of missing people to white women, with men, older adults and POC least likely to be covered.
Apparently Americans hate America – why?
Everyone hates America, and apparently most of those doing the hating, are privileged Americans. It makes no sense.
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).