#media-misrepresentation

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fromSFGATE
3 days ago

Fox News wrongly calls historic Bay Area bar a 'strip joint'

I just found the funny in it, of how you can take an 87-year-old Albany landmark and reduce it down to a drug-infested strip joint in El Cerrito. All the information is wrong.
US politics
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
5 days ago

Polanski stood by breast enlargment hypnosis claim

Green Party leader Zack Polanski's claim of immediately apologizing for promoting hypnosis for breast enlargement is contradicted by evidence showing he defended the theory days later on BBC Radio Humberside.
Media industry
fromVulture
6 days ago

Look What You All Did to Jack White

Jack White expresses frustration with media misrepresentation of his interview comments, citing clickbait culture and sensationalized headlines as reasons for withdrawing from press engagement.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
6 days ago

Megyn Kelly Whiffs in Her Degrading Quest for Vengeance Against Bari Weiss

Megyn Kelly misrepresented a 60 Minutes interview, falsely claiming Pete Hegseth defended Netanyahu when he actually defended Trump's decision-making autonomy.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

I listened to 170 hours of Joe Rogan's podcast trust me, he hasn't turned against Trump | Michael Marshall

Rogan frames the presence of ICE as a direct response to mass fraud in Minnesota, justifies ICE's need for total anonymity to carry out their work, warns one of the real problems is that ICE might wrongly be seen as villains, and expresses sympathy for ICE agents. While lamenting Good's shooting as unfortunate, Rogan says she seemed crazy and out of her fucking mind, speculating she was a deliberate agitator.
Podcast
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Are Romantic Couples Really the Winners?

The researchers think it is fine to tell you only about the time it took each participant to get out of the box. After all, it is a study of box-escaping skill. Often, there is a highly relevant context to the story that is not mentioned. In my hypothetical example, it looks like this: The single person is in the box on the left. The door is shut, and there are boulders in front of it. The top of the box is taped shut.
Psychology
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

What 'Pluribus' Gets Right About the Hive Mind

Hive-minded collectivism can replace individual interests, reducing conflict and suffering, while group-beneficial decision strategies can outperform individual choices in experiments.
US politics
fromTruthout
4 months ago

Fox News Misled Viewers About "Riots" Before Trump Ordered Troops to Portland

Fox News repeatedly misrepresented Portland protests, portraying rioters as routinely instigating violence and influencing Trump's decision to consider sending federal troops.
Public health
fromSlate Magazine
6 months ago

Does Eating Broccoli Help Prevent Colon Cancer? Here's the Truth.

Observational studies linking cruciferous vegetable intake to reduced colon cancer risk are insufficiently strong to support definitive causal claims.
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