Parker MolloyMay 8, 2023
The Washington Poat ran a wildly misleading story on the front page today and I had a bit to say... https://parkerm.co/wapoantitrans
A WaPo Poll Found That Significant Majorities Support Pro-Trans Policies, But Reported The Exact Opposite

Putting a giant "Most in U.S. back GOP's anti-trans policies" headline on the front page when describing a poll that found that to be false is journalistic malpractice.

The Present Age
Show threadIAGMay 8, 2023
@parkermolloy What the hell? Just this morning I was thinking about how outlets make their titles as click-baity as possible (for obvious reasons) but because nobody actually wants to read the whole article the misinformative title is what people get upset over. WaPo proving once again that they're a bunch of sensationalists that are turning off the lights on democracy to MAKE it die in darkness.
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@iagondiscord @parkermolloy It's not that no one wants to read the whole article. Most people CAN'T because everyone but the far-right media has put paywalls in front of their content. Of course, in this case, the article isn't even much better than the headline, at least as far as I can tell from @parkermolloy's excerpts.
May 8, 2023 at 9:38pmWeb
Show threadIAGMay 8, 2023
@eagerpebble @parkermolloy Oh yeah, I forgot about that. It's almost as if the articles are written not to inform, but to make the publisher money...