A false equivalence or false equivalency is an informal fallacy in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed, faulty, or false reasoning. This fallacy is categorized as a fallacy of inconsistency.[1] Colloquially, a false equivalence is often called "comparing apples and oranges."
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It is propaganda when they publish fallacies.
If a website really doesn't want me to read it if I'm not looking at their ads [1], I really prefer the "please turn off your ad-blocker" wall / dialog / whatever. I know instantly what the issue is, and I can close the site and go elsewhere for information.
When instead they throw up a fake "something technical went wrong" message, it's just gaslighting. It's an insult. Yes, I'm looking at you, Postmedia sites.
[1] It's funny, I read the dead-tree editions of various newspapers for decades and never looked at the ads, and they didn't seem to have a problem with it then.
#Postmedia #adblocker #NationalPost #Canada #media #CanadianMedia #gaslighting
It's really annoying that the Citizen stopped including the author's name in the title of opinion pieces, yet you can still tell a Denley piece a mile away (and still not be far enough from it)
@OttawaCititzen https://flipboard.com/@ottawacititzen/ottawa-news-1u5c7nbiz/-/a-Kp1oiWGIQzSYnsZJWrizzQ%3Aa%3A2439373826-%2F0
Truly love letters to the editor that call out the bias of the propaganda rag publishing the letter!
A+
#AbPoli #Postmedia #Propaganda #MediaBias #EdmontonJournal #Healthcare
Remember how Postmedia suspended Bryan Passifiune for cheering on the ICE murder of Renee Good?
Apparently they decided that a three week vacation from writing was enough punishment, as he started grinding out drivel again as of Feb 2.
Michael Taube in the National Post:
“I’ve worked as a speechwriter for former Prime Minister Stephen Harper and I’ve written speeches for politicians, business leaders and private citizens. It’s a discipline that I understand very well, and a craft that I take quite seriously.
Carney’s speech was fine. It was better than anything his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, could have presented, but that’s a low bar to begin with. It wasn’t a history-making moment, and it’s ridiculous to suggest it should be considered as one of the most important speeches a Canadian Prime Minister has ever given.”
Stephen Harper used the WEF at Davos in 2012 to announce he planned to raise the CPP and OAS retirement age to 67 before he said anything about it in Canada. I guess that’s the type of important speech Michael Taube expects a Canadian Prime Minster to give.
Interesting that the maga-republican postmedia propaganda rag was acquired a year after Putin became the new blood tsar of russia.
"According to the New York Times, since acquiring Postmedia, Chatham reduced the workforce, closed newspapers across Canada, decreased salaries and benefits, and consolidated editorial operations."
Why Postmedia needs to be run out of Canada:
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