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Something fun: pay attention to how many financial news headlines are formatted, "X as Y" or "Statement Presented as Fact: Says Opinion-Haver". The first implie
by underlipton 3y ago
Something fun: pay attention to how many financial news headlines are formatted, "X as Y" or "Statement Presented as Fact: Says Opinion-Haver". The first implies that there's some causational link between X and Y, when none might exist; the writer can claim that they were just stating that two events were happening in tandem. The second biases a reader before they receive the crucial information that the preceding statement was not, in fact, fact.
(Also, lately, look out for listicles of stocks "to buy" (not financial advice, of course) and "Forget X".)