Comments | brihana25: Fun with headlines

brihana25

Fun with headlines

Feb 06, 2009 17:18

(or how to win fear and influence paranoia...)

Current headline of the FoxNews webiste: At Least One American Believed Killed by Freed Gitmo PrisonersFair enough. This definitely makes it sound like this is a matter of course, doesn't it? Maybe there's a reason to fuel the paranoia after all, right? The first line from that article certainly ( Read more... )

rant: politics and other bullshit

Comments 7

tejas February 6 2009, 23:39:27 UTC

William Randolph Hearst (the first one, that is, y'know, the guy who pretty much started the Spanish-American War all by his lonesome) is smiling from the great beyond.

Faux News, yellow journalism at its finest.

(I really need an icon like this for so-called 'news'.)

BRAVO!!!!! alyburns February 7 2009, 00:38:18 UTC

*applauds loudly and long*

Will be sending people over to read!!!

deej1957 February 7 2009, 00:51:50 UTC

It's pretty ridiculous, isn't it? I've been listening to the news more now that Obama's been elected and the way the "reporters" twist everything around is just mind-boggling.

I don't get why they're so gung-ho to paint everything Obama is trying to do in such a disgusting light. Both FOX and CNN.

caarianna February 7 2009, 01:44:29 UTC

Probably because most of their funding comes from conservative Republicans.

caarianna February 7 2009, 01:45:01 UTC

Great post -- thanks for making it.

superbadgirl February 7 2009, 03:07:59 UTC

The scary thing? My parents think Fox News is the only reliable source for their information. They believe everything. It makes me frustrated and incredibly, incredibly sad.

They're going to try to make this as miserable for us we were under the reign of Bush & Company, aren't they?

roslynsmuse February 7 2009, 03:49:32 UTC

To earn respect, it is always good to tell people YOU personally require confirmation of news from two independent sources before believing it. They will learn from that without being told they are dumb tools helping TPTB to hold on to the power they increased by getting Cheney into high office. Nothing has really changed except policy change will occur in spite of that instead of because of it ( ... )