Spot Journalistic Bias and Manipulation (was Media Bias)

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I’m gonna go against the grain here and say that failing to use a photo of the true altercation or assailant does aim to deceive.

Whether the photo they used looks like a slap, looks a bit pesty or looks completely inane is open to interpretation. Fact is the guy was attacked by someone in a gorilla mask, and the caption and photo give a different impression all together.
LAPD is investigating altercation involving Larry Elder at a Venice homeless encampment.
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If you were just scrolling on Twitter and didn’t stop to read the article, you’d not believe it was about him being racially assaulted. You’d assume that he’s done something wrong.

It’s click bait in part, but I’m gonna say it’s biased as well.
 
Hayden
I’m gonna go against the grain here and say that failing to use a photo of the true altercation or assailant does aim to deceive.

Whether the photo they used looks like a slap, looks a bit pesty or looks completely inane is open to interpretation. Fact is the guy was attacked by someone in a gorilla mask, and the caption and photo give a different impression all together.
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It's possible for the LA Times to have been biased in selecting a photograph to be paired with the article and for the allegation that it was supposed to look like Elder was slapping a woman to be ********. These aren't mutually exclusive.

I haven't been quoted as saying the LA Times didn't show bias in photo selection because I've said no such thing, but it's insane that people are not just unwilling to address the inanity of the "slapping" allegation but are desperately clinging to victimhood in order to avoid addressing it. It's as if there's a perception that acknowledging the latter undermines the former, but that's asinine.

@ryzno is incapable of responding futher on this topic. Inability to respond isn't to be confused with an unwillingness to respond.
 
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A journalist argues that the media treating the two main US political parties equally has aided the rise of authoritarianism. If he's right, perhaps Popper's paradox has come into play here?





 
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UKMikey
A journalist argues that the media treating the two main US political parties equally has aided the rise of authoritarianism. If he's right, perhaps Popper's paradox has come into play here?





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The most extreme example of this would seem to be this. "Alt-right" media that just flat-out makes stuff up ... and millions of people believe the inflammatory nonsense they spout. Jan 6th was the seemingly inevitable outcome of this. Somewhere, a line has to be drawn.

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Sandy Hook: Alex Jones loses case over 'hoax' remarks

The radio host must pay the families of victims after calling the Sandy Hook school shooting a "hoax".
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Those engineers must've rounded up. The headline should have read "almost 70%".

Also Viagra/69% hurr hurr.
 
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"Honey, we need to do this. You don't wan to get Alzheimers, do you?"
 
People caring too much what a fictional character looks like. You want to go with the grain of truth in him being based on the real Saint Nicholas? Jolly auld Saint Nick was an ethnic Greek in 4th century Anatolia. I doubt he's the WASP he's been taken to be so an authentic Father Christmas/Santa Claus should be an "ethnic minority" anyway.
 
UKMikey
A journalist argues that the media treating the two main US political parties equally has aided the rise of authoritarianism. If he's right, perhaps Popper's paradox has come into play here?





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Unfortunately, this approach seems more like an international problem, an unintentional* way of pasteurize extremisms. This is an example in the recent Chilean elections...

https://mobile.twitter.com/no1guncle/status/1472870737853792263

https://mobile.twitter.com/scattermoon/status/1472912759704760327

*Although it may be unintentional, I cannot disregard the historic about the way the media, national-corporatist or foreign, treats South American elections, especially when the results diverge from some expected characteristics... So the chance of being intentional is great.
 
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TexRex
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You think you have an idea what transpired when you read this now-deleted tweet and headline, but you don't really.
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Yea that's clickbaity. After "shooting"... by him. You['re obviously supposed to click on it because it's politically charged. Except that some people don't and come away with the wrong impression.
 
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Danoff
Yea that's clickbaity. After "shooting"... by him. You['re obviously supposed to click on it because it's politically charged. Except that some people don't and come away with the wrong impression.
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Well, you're more generous than I am. I was leaning more toward it being copsucking. It's the sort of thing that makes me wonder when I hear or read of an officer-involved incident, particularly reported by a local outlet, how the officer was involved.
 
TexRex
Well, you're more generous than I am. I was leaning more toward it being copsucking. It's the sort of thing that makes me wonder when I hear or read of an officer-involved incident, particularly reported by a local outlet, how the officer was involved.
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it is grotesque that the attempted murderer in this case is presented as the primary victim.
 
TexRex
Well, you're more generous than I am. I was leaning more toward it being copsucking. It's the sort of thing that makes me wonder when I hear or read of an officer-involved incident, particularly reported by a local outlet, how the officer was involved.
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Sadly, there's lots of this...then you click to find out an "off-duty police officer" was in a "single-car accident" and not giving chase nor responding to a dispatch request.

Sad all the same, but the days of omitting details due to constraints of physical headline layout space are well into the sunset.
 
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Biggles
Fox News has clearly identified DemoRats as the true enemy of America, so siding with Putin against Biden makes perfect sense. :rolleyes:
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Isn't it odd how this is the group of flag wavers? Actively despising their own country, and the people of their own country.
 
There's no shot I'm giving that a view. I'm sure his video is full of racist talking points like every other time Crowder decides to barf out his 2 cents on a black person in a prominent role.
 
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