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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,391 posts) Mon Nov 19, 2018, 01:19 PM Nov 2018

News outlets that quote without context Donald Trump's falsehoods are unwitting hosts for viral lies

David Fahrenthold Retweeted

News outlets that quote without context Donald Trump's falsehoods and conspiracy theories make themselves unwitting hosts for viral lies.

Here's how they can do better.

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News outlets that quote without context Donald Trump's falsehoods are unwitting hosts for viral lies (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 OP

Why "unwitting"? Why not "willing"? mart48 Nov 2018 #1

How the media should respond to Trump's lies elleng Nov 2018 #2

mart48

(82 posts)

1. Why "unwitting"? Why not "willing"?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Nov 19, 2018, 03:56 PM

Nov 2018

elleng

(130,861 posts)

2. How the media should respond to Trump's lies

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Nov 19, 2018, 04:53 PM

Nov 2018

A linguist explains how Trump uses lies to divert attention from the “big truths.”

George Lakoff, a professor of linguistics and cognitive science at UC Berkeley and the author of the 2004 book Don’t Think of an Elephant, recently published an article laying out the media’s dilemma. Trump’s “big lie” strategy, he argues, is to “exploit journalistic convention by providing rapid-fire news events for reporters to chase.”

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=edit&forum=1016&thread=220370

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