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Telling only part of the story, showing bias, spinning things. Surely. But fake news? Examples please..

by rapnie 8y ago

ch4ck 8y ago
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977814,00.html http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977814,...
- learc83 8y ago
  Based on what the experts they hired told them this is example of "Telling only part of the story, showing bias, spinning things". The experts NBC hired to conduct the demonstration insisted that the rockets wouldn't matter unless fuel spilled. They also told them that the explosion was sparked by a broken headlamp, not the rockets they added as part of the demonstration. Additionally, the demonstration was designed not as a scientific test, but as a demonstration of something that had been proven to happen in the past. The problem was that the audience was likely mislead into believing it was an experiment as opposed to a dramatic recreation. They didn't create the story out of thin air. Regardless it was 25 years ago, and the news organization in question was shamed, retracted the story, and made a apology.
  - ch4ck 8y ago
    Q: Is it true that Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov from Moscow won a car in a lottery? A: In principle yes, but: it wasn't Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov but Aleksander Aleksandrovich Aleksandrov; he is not from Moscow but from Odessa; it was not a car but a bicycle; he didn't win it, but it was stolen from him.
    - learc83 8y ago
      Not addressing anything I said and posting an old joke about a Soviet radio station is a valid response?
TranceMan 8y ago
CNN Fake Iraq War Newscast Footage https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=isMtxbPdvzg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=isMtxbPdvzg
- learc83 8y ago
  It's not fake. He was in Saudi Arabia in the back of the Saudi Arabian hotel he said he was staying at. From the linked article: "It looked like a studio shot because they are using studio lights, outside, at night. They are standing on a raised wooden frame built especially for their reports." https://www.metabunk.org/debunked-cnns-fake-news-broadcasts-charles-jaco-and-the-fake-live-gulf-war-reports.t1140/ https://www.metabunk.org/debunked-cnns-fake-news-broadcasts-...

Telling only part of the story, showing bias, spinning things. Surely. But fake news? Examples please..

by rapnie 8y ago

Telling only part of the story, showing bias, spinning things. Surely. But fake news? Examples please..

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977814,00.html http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977814,...

learc83 8y ago
Based on what the experts they hired told them this is example of "Telling only part of the story, showing bias, spinning things". The experts NBC hired to conduct the demonstration insisted that the rockets wouldn't matter unless fuel spilled. They also told them that the explosion was sparked by a broken headlamp, not the rockets they added as part of the demonstration. Additionally, the demonstration was designed not as a scientific test, but as a demonstration of something that had been proven to happen in the past. The problem was that the audience was likely mislead into believing it was an experiment as opposed to a dramatic recreation. They didn't create the story out of thin air. Regardless it was 25 years ago, and the news organization in question was shamed, retracted the story, and made a apology.
- ch4ck 8y ago
  Q: Is it true that Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov from Moscow won a car in a lottery? A: In principle yes, but: it wasn't Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov but Aleksander Aleksandrovich Aleksandrov; he is not from Moscow but from Odessa; it was not a car but a bicycle; he didn't win it, but it was stolen from him.
  - learc83 8y ago
    Not addressing anything I said and posting an old joke about a Soviet radio station is a valid response?

TranceMan 8y ago

CNN Fake Iraq War Newscast Footage https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=isMtxbPdvzg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=isMtxbPdvzg

learc83 8y ago
It's not fake. He was in Saudi Arabia in the back of the Saudi Arabian hotel he said he was staying at. From the linked article: "It looked like a studio shot because they are using studio lights, outside, at night. They are standing on a raised wooden frame built especially for their reports." https://www.metabunk.org/debunked-cnns-fake-news-broadcasts-charles-jaco-and-the-fake-live-gulf-war-reports.t1140/ https://www.metabunk.org/debunked-cnns-fake-news-broadcasts-...