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It's also very difficult to write neutral news. For instance an event where an old man drives his car into a wall. A neutral headline could be "Old man drives
by pasta 10y ago
It's also very difficult to write neutral news.
For instance an event where an old man drives his car into a wall. A neutral headline could be "Old man drives car into wall". But the problem with this is that a lot of people will now assume he drove it into the wall because he is old. So a better neutral headline would be "Man drives car into wall" and then the article has to explain the reason. This is a very subtle change but makes a lot of difference.
Now lets say an old woman drove her car into a wall: "Woman drives car into wall". A lot of people think women are worse drivers than men, so this will already be a sensational title for some.
A good read about this is "Why you should stay away from news" from Rolf Dobelli.