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Can you point to some of the things in this article which are "falsehoods, or misrepresent facts"? Some of the worst and most inaccurate articles I've ever see

Can you point to some of the things in this article which are "falsehoods, or misrepresent facts"? Some of the worst and most inaccurate articles I've ever seen have been written by career journalists. (Admittedly I live in the UK where the majority of newspapers are on a par with Infowars for honesty and fact checking. Maybe you live somewhere where professional journalism is more respectable).

chatmasta 9y ago
See the referenced quote that started this sub thread for example: > It is not just Baltimore cops. It is cops. They will shoot you in the face in front of your infant daughter. They will choke you to sleep for selling cigarettes. They will shoot you in the back for walking away. This is drawing a false equivalence by assuming the actions of a subgroup represent the group as a whole. It’s no different than citing a few brutal murders from black people and then concluding with “this is black people. They will murder your children...” No editor would ever allow a line like that to make it to publication. It’s needlessly provocative language that reveals the author’s bias and reduces the credibility of what might otherwise be a decent piece of writing.
- OldGuuuuy 9y ago
  Black people do not cooperate in a group the way police officers do. Claiming so would be a conspiracy theory. Police a paid from the same bank account, work in the same house, are hired by the same organization, wear the same uniform and have the same training. So there is a difference between claiming "blacks do this" vs. "cops do this". Also the paragraph before the quote was conveniently left out "Or maybe Baltimore is indicative of police departments all over the country. Maybe they’re like the one in Cleveland, which hired the cop who killed Tamir Rice after he was fired by another police department. Or like the South Carolina state trooper who said he shot a man because he was moving erratically while reaching for his wallet. Or when a paid police informant planted cocaine in a store owner’s shop."
- anon1385 9y ago
  >No editor would ever allow a line like that to make it to publication. I'm sorry, but have you ever read an actual newspaper other than the New York Times? That kind of thing makes it into newspapers with editors all the time. Hell, a lot of the time it's the editors writing it! [1] [1] https://www.buzzfeed.com/aishagani/muslim-and-jewish-groups-complain-ipso https://www.buzzfeed.com/aishagani/muslim-and-jewish-groups-... to pick one of the more high profile recent examples from the UKs biggest selling newspaper, in a column written by a former editor
- Jotra7 9y ago
  > It is not just Baltimore cops. It is cops. They will shoot you in the face in front of your infant daughter. They will choke you to sleep for selling cigarettes. They will shoot you in the back for walking away. Where's the lie though?

chatmasta 9y ago

See the referenced quote that started this sub thread for example: > It is not just Baltimore cops. It is cops. They will shoot you in the face in front of your infant daughter. They will choke you to sleep for selling cigarettes. They will shoot you in the back for walking away. This is drawing a false equivalence by assuming the actions of a subgroup represent the group as a whole. It’s no different than citing a few brutal murders from black people and then concluding with “this is black people. They will murder your children...” No editor would ever allow a line like that to make it to publication. It’s needlessly provocative language that reveals the author’s bias and reduces the credibility of what might otherwise be a decent piece of writing.

OldGuuuuy 9y ago
Black people do not cooperate in a group the way police officers do. Claiming so would be a conspiracy theory. Police a paid from the same bank account, work in the same house, are hired by the same organization, wear the same uniform and have the same training. So there is a difference between claiming "blacks do this" vs. "cops do this". Also the paragraph before the quote was conveniently left out "Or maybe Baltimore is indicative of police departments all over the country. Maybe they’re like the one in Cleveland, which hired the cop who killed Tamir Rice after he was fired by another police department. Or like the South Carolina state trooper who said he shot a man because he was moving erratically while reaching for his wallet. Or when a paid police informant planted cocaine in a store owner’s shop."
anon1385 9y ago
>No editor would ever allow a line like that to make it to publication. I'm sorry, but have you ever read an actual newspaper other than the New York Times? That kind of thing makes it into newspapers with editors all the time. Hell, a lot of the time it's the editors writing it! [1] [1] https://www.buzzfeed.com/aishagani/muslim-and-jewish-groups-complain-ipso https://www.buzzfeed.com/aishagani/muslim-and-jewish-groups-... to pick one of the more high profile recent examples from the UKs biggest selling newspaper, in a column written by a former editor
Jotra7 9y ago
> It is not just Baltimore cops. It is cops. They will shoot you in the face in front of your infant daughter. They will choke you to sleep for selling cigarettes. They will shoot you in the back for walking away. Where's the lie though?