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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by cm2187 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:50AM (#24269036)
Hence the way journalists love to misinform people: a headline and first paragraph that pushes their bias and narrative, while the facts that completely mitigate if not contradict the start of the article are buried somewhere in the middle. How to lie without lying, better than a legal footnote.
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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by ThinkingGuy on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:14AM (#24272182)
Bear in mind that headlines, at least, are frequently composed by editor rather than by the author of the article.
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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by gmac on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @04:15AM (#24269171)
This is exactly what I’ve noticed lately. Is it a known/named phenomenon? Do you have a reference?
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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by dekhn on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:03AM (#24271445)
Dunno if there is a name for it. See https://www.quora.com/Why-are-newspaper-headlines-written-by... (although this is incomplete; it omits the narrative pushing).
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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by cptnapalm on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:47AM (#24271869)
"Burying the lede" - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bury_the_lede#:~:text=(idioma....
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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by martin_a on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @05:16AM (#24269471)
> Is it a known/named phenomenon?

I think it's just called "journalism" these days. I find it hard to find publications without clickbaity stuff like this.

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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @05:51AM (#24269643)
I'd say it's marketing/business rather than journalism, the journalism takes something of a back seat - like the role of music in hit factories.
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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by cm2187 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @06:51AM (#24269985)
It's not wrong, but I do not see it used only for clickbaits. It is also largely used to push political opinions. And these are editorial decisions.
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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by 5etho on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:40AM (#24271783)
no, the journalists do not love misinform. If that was the case they wouldnt be journalists by definition. It may be 1:1 as 'no true scotsman' but this is what it is
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