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.
Media: Rely on Appeal to Authority to vet information
In the same week, probably half a dozen allegedly independent media outlets all run stories saying “trust the experts, do not think for yourself”. Wild.
Media: “Negativity drives online news consumption – PubMed (nih.gov)”
“Negative words in news headlines increased consumption rates (and positive words decreased consumption rates).
Content mills: News you cannot trust
An easy way to spot content mill garbage – the stories have no author! Of course, some AI sites have created fake author bios with AI generated head shots.
Media: Communities face “News Deserts”
Communities face “news deserts” as journalism shuts down (except not really). Implies we need to have government funded journalism (really?)
Media Public Health: “White Lung Syndrome”
Media caught making up new scary disease “White lung syndrome” to describe well known “walking pneumonia”.
Media: Genius level journalism here – if you live a long ways from a trauma center, then you live a long ways from a trauma center
Wow. If you live a really long ways from a trauma center then you live a really long ways away from a trauma center. Apparently, little populated areas should have the same hospitals as bigger cities.
Media: Back again with the same story they run every few months
Every few months, CNBC and others publish the same story: “60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck”, which is where has been, is and will be, pretty much forever. This isn’t news. It’s content mill fluff.
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!