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Astounding that news editors still still still treat Trump's words as if those words have dictionary meanings. Trump skillfully(!) uses words as meaningless sounds — just like the "CLICK" (or any other noise) that animal trainers use to train people or other animals. #ClickerTraining #Trump […]

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. Saturday's NYT shows what its editors can do, when they want to. Why not do this every day?

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. open.substack.com/pub/fallows/... #HeadlinesMatter #NewspaperHeadlines #WritingOffTheNews #WhyNewsHeadlinesMatter #Journalism'sDecliningStandards #NYTimesHeadlines #SlantedHeadlinesMislead #MisleadingHeadlines

@nytimes.com fixed it for you.
#misleadingheadlines

More MSM soft-peddling GOP shenanigans from (no surprise) The Washington Post. #politics #misleadingheadlines #steeringthenarrative

Pentagon shoots down Iran 'mothership' claim amid New Jersey drone mystery Since mid-November, large drones of uncertain origin have been repeatedly spotted in the sky at night over central and northern New Jersey.

See. The pentagon shot down a drone.
#drone
#pentagon
@jeffvandrew
#jeffvandrew
#poorreporting
#misleadingheadlines

abcnews.go.com/US/new-jerse...

Wall Street closes down as tech stocks fall Wall Street's main indexes closed lower on Monday, driven by a drop in AI leader Nvidia that weighed on tech stocks, as investors looked ahead to a crucial inflation report set for later this week.

'Bout time somebody closed down Wall Street.
#misleadingheadlines

www.reuters.com/markets/us/f...

Ultra-processed news - why local journalism has gone weird If you’ve looked at a local news website lately, you may have got the feeling that something’s not quite right. Seeking stories about your own area, you click on an interesting headline and find yours...

Brilliant insights here on the reasons for misleading headlines and irrelevant, weirdly written newspaper articles.

westcountryvoices.co.uk/ultra-proces...
#MisleadingHeadlines #JournalismFail #ClickbaitCulture #FakeNews
#BadJournalism #UltraProcessedNews