Media: It is either the worst of times or the best of times
The US has the highest number of employed people in history or its the worst of times and no one can find a job. Which is it?
Media: The US is the worst country in the history of the world
The media’s constant doomerisn is off scale.
Media: “NFL Wife Simone Biles Nearly Passes Away”
The most decorated gymnast in history is just an “NFL Wife”. Journalism at its finest.
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: The report contradicts the headline
The report’s text refutes the headline. Sigh.
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.
Atlantic Magazine misleads readers with fictional story presented as reality
An essay in The Atlantic describes a mother who loses a son to measles. It’s presented as a true story – except it was fake.
Social: The serious problem and challenge of misinformation on social media
Misinformation (things that are not true) is widespread on social media. Often heavily promoted, untrue claims become viewed as “truth”. There is no easy solution to this problem.
Everything is awful: Doomerism in the headlines
The media: Everything is awful and something bad happened to someone, sometime, someplace.
Media: The “average cost of weddings” is $33k
The “average” wedding costs $33,000 or $35,000? No it doesn’t.