Do we not have journalists and editors and their papers that want to know about facts or even enough details about what they are writing about before misinforming We the People?
How many times have you jumped to a heading and found the content doesn't support the heading? I would venture to guess that a very large proportion of the public NEVER go beyond the reading of the headline and therefore believe what is said in up to 10 words! For example, I have a close relative, won't specifically cite him/her (will use he/his in following), but he ALWAYS believes and runs with the headline fabricating the facts as he imagines they are and spews the information upon all his friends who blindly pass it down the line, like the game Pass It Down the Alley. until it is radically changed to the imaginations of others and completely wrong when it makes the last on the queue. EXAMPLE: He heard saw the headline that a Vaccine Patch is being tested. He naturally assumed it is a COVID-19 patch and told everyone that SHORTLY there will be a vaccine patch available to resolve the deadly virus issues. REALITY: No COVID-19 vaccine is close and 12-18 months is still the stated time frame at the earliest. PROBLEM: The are people working since at least 2017 on a patch that would replace an injection for vaccines. In other words, a technology that simply does that -- replaces an injection with a patch. But, NOT a specific COVID-19 patch. That requires a discovery and FDA trials of a specific vaccine itself that when available might be deliverable by a patch. Can you imagine the impact of how a simple headline to capture readers can cause mayhem?
Here are another headline/story that I have seen that was misleading: CNN's statement that Kim Jung Un is seriously ill. We've seen this happen before and it was fake news. Again CNN! Get the facts first! Another: All the cats will get COVID-19. Two cases were reported of positive detection. Yet, the contents of the article stated different chemical tests for animals, not the scientific ones for humans being used, were used and how determined was not explained in any detail.
The point is, you will see ONLY a headline that will get your attention. If you don't read the article for content, and do not question the content for accuracy, like I would say 90% of the population, you will believe fake news and worse yet take that incorrect belief to the polls. It's no wonder why this country is so screwed up and divided! THANKS MEDIA! America needs to get a handle on all the crap that comes out of the media and Internet. I don't see anyway of filtering out the crap other than proving some well vetted websites and papers/magazines that provide CORRECT detail and news. It is certainly obvious that the publishers don't care because attention words=revenue and they have insurance to cover their fake news. Maybe the insurance providers need to jack up their costs exponentially. And the lawyers need to start making more case lawsuits against them. It is such a mess and so destructive.
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