Media: The media does not like the U.S.
Actual US media “news” story: “If waving the American flag or chanting “USA!” turns you off right now, you’re not alone.”. Everything is awful, of course!
Does the media, WaPo, even matter?
Take a look at some of things they thought were news.
The purpose of social media is to be misleading
Sigh.
Media: How travel writing became self-centered narcissism
Travel writing has become self-centered, narcissistic, female focused – because Editors and content creators are working to satisfy “The Algorithm”. Self-centered stories, about the writer, not the destination, often presented as overcoming a victim-like challenge, are what gets the clicks.
Policy: Tourists to U.S. to be required to provide 5 years of social media posts
We have no idea what they are looking for and can be misconstrued. Only safe option is leaving social media.
Media: False allegations of illegal immigrant elected as St Paul Mayor
This item from a right-wing media outlet looks bad – and isn’t true. Ultimately, it’s just ugly for PJ Media which furthers the false allegations.
Media: Now EVs are awful
The media flip flopped from EVs are great to EVs are awful.
Media: Misinformation about plant-based eating
Story teller advocates via Today Show that we should eat “plant-based”, without once mentioning real life health effects such as B-12 deficiency.
Media: When NBC News was caught manufacturing the news
In the 1990s, NBC News claimed Chevrolet trucks exploded upon crash impacts. NBC News staged a crash with hidden igniters and an intentional fuel leak to get their “video proof” but was eventually caught for faking the video. The NBC News president and 3 producers were fired, the reporter was moved to a local TV station, and NBC agreed to pay all legal costs.
Climate: ‘”Boiling seas” part of the ClimateCrisis”‘
A competent reporter would ask why one buoy (but not the adjoining buoys) registered high sea temperatures, which then dropped by 9 degrees within hours, and by 17 degrees within 2 days. But “competent” and “reporter” rarely belong in the same sentence. Sigh.