I think there was a REAL FAKE NEWS thread somewhere but damned if I can find it.
I've noticed a trend in CNN's headlines for over a year. They'll intentionally leave off a key word and post a clickable lead/headline that reads, say, "President Hiding Serious Illness" and you click it. How many of us would've clicked "President of Slobovistan Admits Suffering from Alopecia"?
Leaving key elements out of a lead is an old favorite device. "Devastating Crash Kills Seven - tape at 11" is sort of common. When it turns out that the "seven" is a family of ducks, we all kick ourselves for falling for it, yet again.
Today, though, I ran across something where not just the headline but the entire thrust of the article is dishonest.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/24/e...rnd/index.html
The clickbait read: A German Court Ruled That Hangovers Are An Illness
The headline read(still reads as of this writing): Rejoice, booze lovers. A German court ruled that hangovers are an illness
The actual story is not slightly but quite different. In an effort to stop a not-really-medicine-but-it-works campaign to sell a hangover "cure", they ruled that a hangover is a form of illness and making spurious claims about medical efficacy is illegal.
The headlines are spinning it into a formal go ahead to claim your hangover as a "sick day" or "excused absence". The court made no such declaration and an incidental line in a single case in a German trial is far from "scientific proof".
Tempest in a teapot, I know, but it just irked the crap out of me and I felt like venting and you, poor baby, are the one who got to listen to my rantings.
I've noticed a trend in CNN's headlines for over a year. They'll intentionally leave off a key word and post a clickable lead/headline that reads, say, "President Hiding Serious Illness" and you click it. How many of us would've clicked "President of Slobovistan Admits Suffering from Alopecia"?
Leaving key elements out of a lead is an old favorite device. "Devastating Crash Kills Seven - tape at 11" is sort of common. When it turns out that the "seven" is a family of ducks, we all kick ourselves for falling for it, yet again.
Today, though, I ran across something where not just the headline but the entire thrust of the article is dishonest.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/24/e...rnd/index.html
The clickbait read: A German Court Ruled That Hangovers Are An Illness
The headline read(still reads as of this writing): Rejoice, booze lovers. A German court ruled that hangovers are an illness
The actual story is not slightly but quite different. In an effort to stop a not-really-medicine-but-it-works campaign to sell a hangover "cure", they ruled that a hangover is a form of illness and making spurious claims about medical efficacy is illegal.
The headlines are spinning it into a formal go ahead to claim your hangover as a "sick day" or "excused absence". The court made no such declaration and an incidental line in a single case in a German trial is far from "scientific proof".
Tempest in a teapot, I know, but it just irked the crap out of me and I felt like venting and you, poor baby, are the one who got to listen to my rantings.
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