> If you read something on the internet today, the odds are good that the writing was produced to capture your attention. This. And not just the writing, but t

> If you read something on the internet today, the odds are good that the writing was produced to capture your attention. This. And not just the writing, but the framing between stories too. I get very frustrated when people assume "framing" in the news was somehow "accidental". Like when putting otherwise independent stories on the front page together, in order to create an argument by association, without either of the articles offering support for that argument by themselves (e.g. putting stories about crime and immigration side by side; or priests and pedophilia; or refugees and terrorism, etc). The framing effect is hugely known to journalists and news editors. If two items are presented in sequence, then that is intentional. Next time you see this happening and catch yourself wondering if it was by accident, just realise that this would have to be such an elementary mistake that the news editor would have to be fired.