Sep 10, 2010 18:16
1. Troll fringe websites, radio call-in show transcripts, and street corners for people saying absolutely ridiculous, offensive, outrageous things.
2. Select the most over-the-top, offensive, insane statement you can find.
3. Spend several months "presenting both sides of the controversy," and conclude that the truth must be somewhere in between the obnoxious loon's opinion and that of the rest of the world.
4 Spend an additional couple of weeks debating your own coverage of the issue.
5. Repeat.
media,
cnn_sucks,
narratives,
stupidity