How Two Hoaxes Took Down Journalistic Integrity
A catch up review of the 2006 Duke lacrosse team rape hoax story, and the 2013 UVA rape hoax and the aftermath.
Media: Click bait headline of the day award!
“Warnings issued as millions in 13 states told to avoid windows for 12 hours”
Media: CNN’s hilarious attempt at news reporting
“A previous version of this story included a summary that does not reflect the gravity of the incident, thereby breaching the editorial standards we require for all our reporting”
Media: The report contradicts the headline
The report’s text refutes the headline. Sigh.
Media: Reporter “detained for speaking Spanish”
That claim is not true. Why did they make up this false headline?
Media: More fake news on retirement
More fake news about retirements savings – which excludes most all of the assets many people have for retirement. Typical.
Media: Even with degrees in English Lit, they cannot write
Bad sentence structure like the item shown in this post, is remarkably common.
Cherry picking: How to lie with charts!
Just change the Y-Axis or cherry pick the data – a cheap trick the whole family can enjoy!
I think this is parody/satire and not real
Most Americans have no money left over after the spend and save the remaining 🙂
How to make your chart really scary
Use a “cumulative” count rather than an incidence rate.